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C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K DAILY JAMMU MONDAY | OCTOBER 17 2016 | VOL. 31 | NO. 286 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] | epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com Price 2.00 Pages : 12 999+0-146)63**8785)’31 LOCAL NEWS PAGE 3 NATION NEWS PAGE 12 SPORTS NEWS PAGE 9 Pakistan school chain bans Punjabi language BJP launches Mobile App & Website Kohli anchors India to 6-wicket win over NZ, lead series 1-0 81-5 %80 "5-)9 )0,- ’7 ! The four Pakistani terrorists, who killed 19 soldiers in one of the the bloodiest attacks on an army camp in Uri last month, had used a ladder to scale the electrified fence at the LoC. Investigation carried out by the army to identify the infil- tration route of the four terrorists led it to conclude that a ladder was used near Salamabad nallah, offi- cial sources said. The army offi- cials said that one of the four, who mounted the brazen attack in Uri, about 102 km from Srinagar, had infiltrated using the gaps along the fence near Salamabad nallah and erected a ladder on the Indian side of the fence, while the other three had a ladder on their side. The two ladders were connected like a pedestrian bridge. The sources said it was diffi- cult for all the four to infiltrate through the gap used by the first terrorist as each one of them was carrying heavy rucksacks filled with ammunition, weapons and eatables. It would have taken them a lot of time to cross the fence at grave risk to their lives as army teams, which rou- tinely patrol the area, could have spotted them. After the four infil- trated into India, the ladder, car- ried by the first terrorist, was handed over back to the two guides -- Mohd Kabir Awan and Basharat-- who accompanied them up to the LoC, sources said, adding it was done to ensure there were no tell- tale signs. The army is conduct- ing an enquiry at Gohallan and ad- joining village Jablah as they suspect the terror- ists might have taken shelter there for a day before launching the deadly attack on September 18 which left 19 army personnel dead and a large quantity of arms and ammunition destroyed. The first incident of terrorists using ladders to cross the fence was reported in Machil sector of North Kashmir earlier this year. The army has launched an internal inquiry into the incident and removed Uri Brigade commander K Soma Shanker. Preliminary investiga- tions suggested the terrorists had entered the area at least a day be- fore mounting the brazen assault. The inquiry, which will be com- pleted in a time-bound manner, will also suggest measures to pre- vent such attacks in future. Pakistan-based groups were now indulging more in "shallow infil- tration" during which the )) "5- !)5535-676 32 4%+) )9 )0,- ’7 ! Top officials including Foreign Secretary and DG- MO are scheduled to brief a panel of MPs, including con- gress vice president Rahul Gandhi, on the surgical strikes conducted by the army across the LoC on September 28. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is sched- uled to meet on Tuesday when it will be briefed on Indo-Pak relations with spe- cific reference to recent sur- gical strikes. "Briefing by the Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, Defence Secretary and Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) on the subject Indo-Pak rela- tions with specific reference to surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) ," a no- tice regarding the October 18 meeting issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat says. The meeting assumes signifi- cance as the governemt had earlier expressed reserva- tions over briefing on the same topic to the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. However, after initial reluctance, the )) 32 4%+) 5-2%+%5 ’7 ! The ongoing unrest in Kashmir, triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces, today completed 100 days even as the Valley re- mained curfew-free in view of the improvement in the sit- uation. The unrest, which be- gan a day after Wani was killed in an encounter in south Kashmir on July 8, has left 84 people, including two cops, dead and several thou- sand injured. The Valley has witnessed continuous shut- down for the past 100 days with periodic relaxation as announced by the separatists who are spearheading the current agitation. The strike has crippled normal life in the Valley as shops, business establishments and petrol pumps have remained closed except for the relaxation peri- od. The shutdown has affect- ed the education of the )) "25)67 32 4%+) 85%7 ’7 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest next year's assembly elections in Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday. Using the phrase "aam aadmi" (common man) for the AAP, Kejriwal told a huge rally here that the "aam aadmi" would take on both the Congress and the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Alleging that Gujarat was being run by BJP President Amit Shah, he ap- pealed to the people to oust him. "Amit Shah has thrown an open challenge to the peo- ple of Gujarat that he will run the state whichever way he wants and no one can do any- thing about it," Kejriwal thundered. The AAP leader said the Surat gathering re- minded him of the Anna Hazare movement of 2011 when the the "whole nation" had come out on the streets. Kejriwal said Amit Shah had today thrown a challenge to the people of Gujarat. "Are you ready to fight the elec- tions, win and throw out Amit Shah? The next Gujarat elections will be a revolu- tion," he said. "It will be Amit Shah versus the people of Gujarat." )9 )0,- ’7 The BJP-led union gov- ernment may have attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi for its spending on advertisements, but it spent more than Rs 36 crore on publicity and adver- tisements for organising the one-day “Ek Nayi Subah” show in Delhi to mark two years of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. This informa- tion was revealed in response to an RTI query by a news agency. The amount for the six-hour event in Delhi was spent on print and electronic media advertisements. The RTI reply received from the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, revealed that the amount spent by the cen- tre on publicity was Rs 36,64,88,085. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government had organised a gala event at India Gate on May 29 to mark its two years in office. The ex- penditure incurred on adver- tisements in print media was Rs 35.59 crore while in the electronic media it was Rs 1.06 crore. Meanwhile, another RTI reply received from Doordarshan Kendra re- vealed that the total expendi- ture incurred by it on the “Ek Nayi Subah” show was Rs 92 lakh. The RTI reply revealed that the advertisements were given to all the leading nation- al dailies apart from other English, Hindi and regional dailies across the country. During the “Ek Nayi Subah” event, the central govern- ment showcased its achieve- ments and Bollywood’s lead- ing names, including Amitabh Bachchan, espoused social causes at the show which lasted over six hours. A range of initiatives, including the ‘Swachh Bharat’ cam- paign, the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, ‘Pradhan Mantrai Ujjwala Yojana’, ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ and ‘Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana’ were highlighted. Also showcased were moves to boost farmers’ income, en- hance connectivity, step up investment and enhance jobs and improve rail, road and air infrastructure, and provide electricity to all villages. The central government and rul- ing party had come down heavily on the AAP govern- ment in Delhi for spending what they said was a huge amount of public money on advertisements and publici- ty. The Delhi government had allocated Rs 526 crore for pub- licity and information for the 2015-16 financial year. This al- location was later reduced to Rs 100 crore in the revised es- timates. The panel set up by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on content regulation of govern- ment advertisements charged the AAP government with vi- olating Supreme Court guide- lines and had ordered it to “re- imburse to the state excheq- uer” the entire amount that it had spent on its advertise- ments. A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had stated that the AAP gov- ernment’s expenditure on ad- vertisement and publicity had gone up three times from the previous government’s Rs 25.25 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 81.23 crore in 2015-16. The re- port also stated that Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) expendi- ture was Rs 11.12 crore in 2014- 15 and Rs 25.25 crore in 2013- 14. 7%** )4357)5 %118 ’7 Atleast 84 residential houses, a masque, and a Government Middle School completely gutted and over 300 cattles charred to death in the devastating fire which broke out mysteriously last night in remote village of Kishtwar district. A dump of cattle fodder was kept at vil- lage Suknai which mysteri- ously caught fire, and sud- denly spread in the adjoining houses. Before anyone could have understood, the fire spread in the locality and gutted over 80 residential houses, and charred to death as many as 300 cattles. “Within no time, the wooden houses raised into ashes. However, the villagers aban- doned their houses and ran towards the safer places,” said one of the villagers. He said that they were unable to understand how to douse the fire which grounded their )) )6-()27-%0 32 4%+) : 5-:%2/% !-/33 )2%80-1 ’7 ! Calling Pakistan a "mothership" of terrorism world-wide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought decisive global action such as systematically cut- ting off funding, weapons supply, train- ing and political support to terror out- fits and asserted that selective approach to deal with the menace will be not only futile but also counter- productive. In his address at the BRICS summit here, Modi forcefully condemned Pakistan saying a country in India's neighbour- hood shelters not just terrorists but nur- tures a mindset that proclaimed that ter- rorism was justified for political gains. "In our own region, terrorism poses a grave threat to peace, security and de- velopment. Tragically its mothership is a country in India's neighbourhood. Terror modules around the world are linked to this mothership," he said told Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Michel Temer and South African President Jacob Zuma at the BRICS Summit's "restricted" segment. In his remarks at the BRICS plenary ses- sion, the Prime Minister said response )) %/ !)5535 32 4%+) %118 ’7 Pakistani troops today violated ceasefire along the LoC in Rajouri district killing an Indian soldier. Ministry of Defence con- firmed the ceasefire viola- tion which drew retaliation from Indian troops. "There was unprovoked firing from small arms on forward areas in Naushera sector of Rajouri district along the LoC by Pakistani troops", PRO, Ministry of Defence, Jammu said. Indian troops guarding the LoC retaliated, he said, adding no one was injured in the ceasefire violation. A senior Army officer said there have been over 25 ceasefire violations along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir after surgical strikes by Army troops in PoK to dis- mantle terror launching pads. In the firing and shelling, five civilians and four armymen had sustained injuries in Poonch district. Nine Pakistani armymen were injured in retaliatory action by Indian troops along LoC. On October 8, Pakistani troops had fired on forward Indian posts along Mendhar- Krishnagati sector in Pooch district resulting in injuries to one jawan. On October 5, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire thrice and re- sorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling targeting several Indian posts and civilian areas in three sec- tors of Poonch and Rajouri districts. Pakistani troops had on October 4 targeted 10 forward areas with mortar shelling and firing with five ceasefire violations on Indian posts and civilian ar- eas along LoC in four areas of Jammu, Poonch and Rajouri districts. They shelled mor- tar bombs and opened small and automatic weapons in Jhangar, Kalsian, Makri in Noushera sector of Rajouri district and Gigriyal, Platan, Damanu, Channi and Palanwala areas of Pallanwala sector of Jammu district and Balnoi, Krishnagati in Poonch dis- trict. Pakistani troops had on October 3 violated the cease- fire four times and restored to heavy firing and mortar shelling in Saujian, Shahpur- Kerni, Mandi and KG sectors in Poonch district. On October 2, Pakistan resorted to firing and shelling from 1915 hours along LoC in forward areas in Pallanwala belt of Jammu district. On October 1, Pakistani troops had shelled Indian posts and civilian ar- eas with mortar bombs, RPGS and HMGS amid small arms firing along LoC in Pallanwala sector in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. On September 30, Pakistani troops restored to small arms firing along the LoC in Pallanwala, Chaprial, Samnam areas of Akhnoor sector of Jammu district. Two Ladakhi students drown at Jhajjar Kotli 7%** )4357)5 %118 ’7 Picnic turns tragedy when two Ladakhi youth today drowned in a nallah at Jhajjar Kotli. Police said that Stanzin Ishey (26) son of Tsering Tundup of Kargil and Tundup Namgyal (25) son of Tsering Samfal of Kargil had gone with friends at Baggain Nallah in Jhajjar )) !93 32 4%+) CM expresses grief over Kishtwar fire incident ! Chief Minister, Ms Mehbooba Mufti has expressed shock and grief over the tragic fire incident in vil- lage Sukhnai of district Kishtwar in which a large number of houses were gutted. The Chief Minister has expressed sympathy towards the af- fected and instructed the divisional and district administration to pro- vide immediate help and support to all those affected due the devastat- ing blaze. Woman injured with gunshot in Pallanwala 7%** )4357)5 %118 ’7 A woman today suffered critical gunshot injuries at Pallanwala area in Akhnoor. Police said that Anita Devi wife of Kali Ram of Pallanwala sustained gunshot in an accidental fire at her residence. Police said that the woman was rushed to the hospi- tal at Jourian and then, she was re- ferred to Jammu for advanced treat- ment. Further investigation in the case is on. Unidentified man found dead in Kathua 7%** )4357)5 %118 ’7 An unidentified person today died suspiciously in Kathua. Police said the 50-year-old-man was found under unconscious condition and was rushed to the hospital for treat- ment where doctors in Kathua hos- pital pronounced him as brought dead. Police have shifted his body for post mortem and identification. Inquest proceeding in this regard has been initiated. Two commit suicide 7%** )4357)5 %118 ’7 Two persons today hanged themselves in Pouni Chak and Udhampur. Police said that Sunil Chrungoo son of Rattan Lal of Hajuri Bagh in Pouni Chak was found hanging in his residence from the hook of the ceiling fan. The body has been shifted to the hospital for post mortem. Similarly, Anil Kumar son of Tirath Raj of Neeli Nallah in Rehambal was also found in his house hanging. Investigation to ascertain cause of taking extreme step is on. Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri, soldier killed AAP to contest Gujarat election, says Kejriwal DGMO, FS to brief par panel Unrest in Kashmir completes 100 days Pak terror mothership, need decisive action to defeat menace: PM #$ ! !&%#$ #! % &$$ #$% # &% # $%# ## ! $ #$% " #) #$% # ##’ !# #!&" "!%! !# % % $%#% ! % $&% ! Modi government spent Rs 36 crore on publicity to mark two years ’( #&$ #% &# &# % "#"#%! ! % &"! & $%’ ! #’ &% & ! &( !%! Uri terrorists scaled LoC fence using a ladder 84 residential houses, Govt Middle School completely gutted in Kishtwar’s devastating fire ; ’%770)6 ’,%55)( 73 ()%7, *%1-0-)6 &)’31) ,31)0)66< PROBE

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The four Pakistani terrorists,who killed 19 soldiers in one of thethe bloodiest attacks on an armycamp in Uri last month, had used aladder to scale the electrified fenceat the LoC. Investigation carriedout by the army to identify the infil-tration route of the four terroristsled it to conclude that a ladder wasused near Salamabad nallah, offi-cial sources said. The army offi-cials said that one of the four, whomounted the brazen attack in Uri,about 102 km from Srinagar, hadinfiltrated using the gaps along thefence near Salamabad nallah and

erected a ladder on the Indian sideof the fence, while the other threehad a ladder on their side. The twoladders were connected like apedestrian bridge.The sources said it was diffi-

cult for all the four to infiltratethrough the gapused by the firstterrorist as eachone of them wascarrying heavyrucksacks filled with ammunition,weapons and eatables. It wouldhave taken them a lot of time tocross the fence at grave risk to theirlives as army teams, which rou-tinely patrol the area, could havespotted them. After the four infil-

trated into India, the ladder, car-ried by the first terrorist, washanded over back to the two guides-- Mohd Kabir Awan and Basharat--who accompanied them up to theLoC, sources said, adding it wasdone to ensure there were no tell-

tale signs. Thearmy is conduct-ing an enquiry atGohallan and ad-joining village

Jablah as they suspect the terror-ists might have taken shelter therefor a day before launching thedeadly attack on September 18which left 19 army personnel deadand a large quantity of arms andammunition destroyed. The first

incident of terrorists using laddersto cross the fence was reported inMachil sector of North Kashmirearlier this year. The army haslaunched an internal inquiry intothe incident and removed UriBrigade commander K SomaShanker. Preliminary investiga-tions suggested the terrorists hadentered the area at least a day be-fore mounting the brazen assault.The inquiry, which will be com-pleted in a time-bound manner,will also suggest measures to pre-vent such attacks in future.Pakistan-based groups were nowindulging more in "shallow infil-tration" during which the

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Top officials includingForeign Secretary and DG-MO are scheduled to brief apanel of MPs, including con-gress vice president RahulGandhi, on the surgicalstrikes conducted by thearmy across the LoC onSeptember 28. TheParliamentary StandingCommittee on ExternalAffairs headed by CongressMP Shashi Tharoor is sched-uled to meet on Tuesdaywhen it will be briefed onIndo-Pak relations with spe-cific reference to recent sur-gical strikes. "Briefing by the

Foreign Secretary, HomeSecretary, Defence Secretaryand Director General ofMilitary Operations (DGMO)on the subject Indo-Pak rela-tions with specific referenceto surgical strikes across theLine of Control (LoC) ," a no-tice regarding the October 18meeting issued by the LokSabha secretariat says. Themeeting assumes signifi-cance as the governemt hadearlier expressed reserva-tions over briefing on thesame topic to theParliamentary Committeeon Defence. However, afterinitial reluctance, the

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The ongoing unrest inKashmir, triggered by thekilling of Hizbul Mujahideenmilitant Burhan Wani in anencounter with securityforces, today completed 100days even as the Valley re-mained curfew-free in viewof the improvement in the sit-uation. The unrest, which be-gan a day after Wani waskilled in an encounter insouth Kashmir on July 8, hasleft 84 people, including two

cops, dead and several thou-sand injured. The Valley haswitnessed continuous shut-down for the past 100 dayswith periodic relaxation asannounced by the separatistswho are spearheading thecurrent agitation. The strikehas crippled normal life inthe Valley as shops, businessestablishments and petrolpumps have remained closedexcept for the relaxation peri-od. The shutdown has affect-ed the education of the

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The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) will contest next year'sassembly elections inGujarat, Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal announcedon Sunday. Using the phrase"aam aadmi" (common man)for the AAP, Kejriwal told ahuge rally here that the "aamaadmi" would take on boththe Congress and the state'sruling Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP). Alleging thatGujarat was being run by BJPPresident Amit Shah, he ap-pealed to the people to ousthim. "Amit Shah has thrownan open challenge to the peo-

ple of Gujarat that he will runthe state whichever way hewants and no one can do any-thing about it," Kejriwalthundered. The AAP leadersaid the Surat gathering re-minded him of the AnnaHazare movement of 2011when the the "whole nation"had come out on the streets.Kejriwal said Amit Shah hadtoday thrown a challenge tothe people of Gujarat. "Areyou ready to fight the elec-tions, win and throw outAmit Shah? The next Gujaratelections will be a revolu-tion," he said. "It will be AmitShah versus the people ofGujarat."

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The BJP-led union gov-ernment may have attackedthe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)government in Delhi for itsspending on advertisements,but it spent more than Rs 36crore on publicity and adver-tisements for organising theone-day “Ek Nayi Subah”show in Delhi to mark twoyears of the NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA)government. This informa-tion was revealed in responseto an RTI query by a newsagency. The amount for thesix-hour event in Delhi wasspent on print and electronicmedia advertisements. TheRTI reply received from theDirectorate of Advertisingand Visual Publicity (DAVP),

Ministry of Information andBroadcasting, revealed thatthe amount spent by the cen-tre on publicity was Rs36,64,88,085.Prime Minister Narendra

Modi-led NDA governmenthad organised a gala event atIndia Gate on May 29 to markits two years in office. The ex-penditure incurred on adver-tisements in print media wasRs 35.59 crore while in theelectronic media it was Rs 1.06crore. Meanwhile, anotherRTI reply received fromDoordarshan Kendra re-vealed that the total expendi-ture incurred by it on the “EkNayi Subah” show was Rs 92lakh. The RTI reply revealedthat the advertisements weregiven to all the leading nation-al dailies apart from other

English, Hindi and regionaldailies across the country.During the “Ek Nayi Subah”event, the central govern-ment showcased its achieve-ments and Bollywood’s lead-ing names, includingAmitabh Bachchan, espoused

social causes at the showwhich lasted over six hours. Arange of initiatives, includingthe ‘Swachh Bharat’ cam-paign, the ‘Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao’, ‘Pradhan MantraiUjjwala Yojana’, ‘PradhanMantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ and

‘Pradhan Mantri MudraYojana’ were highlighted.Also showcased were movesto boost farmers’ income, en-hance connectivity, step upinvestment and enhance jobsand improve rail, road and airinfrastructure, and provideelectricity to all villages. Thecentral government and rul-ing party had come downheavily on the AAP govern-ment in Delhi for spendingwhat they said was a hugeamount of public money onadvertisements and publici-ty. The Delhi government hadallocated Rs 526 crore for pub-licity and information for the2015-16 financial year. This al-location was later reduced toRs 100 crore in the revised es-timates. The panel set up bythe Information and

Broadcasting Ministry oncontent regulation of govern-ment advertisements chargedthe AAP government with vi-olating Supreme Court guide-lines and had ordered it to “re-imburse to the state excheq-uer” the entire amount that ithad spent on its advertise-ments. A Comptroller andAuditor General (CAG) reporthad stated that the AAP gov-ernment’s expenditure on ad-vertisement and publicityhad gone up three times fromthe previous government’s Rs25.25 crore in 2013-14 to Rs81.23 crore in 2015-16. The re-port also stated thatDirectorate of Informationand Publicity (DIP) expendi-ture was Rs 11.12 crore in 2014-15 and Rs 25.25 crore in 2013-14.

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Atleast 84 residentialhouses, a masque, and aGovernment Middle Schoolcompletely gutted and over300 cattles charred to deathin the devastating fire whichbroke out mysteriously lastnight in remote village ofKishtwar district. A dump ofcattle fodder was kept at vil-lage Suknai which mysteri-ously caught fire, and sud-denly spread in the adjoining

houses. Before anyone couldhave understood, the firespread in the locality andgutted over 80 residentialhouses, and charred to deathas many as 300 cattles.“Within no time, the woodenhouses raised into ashes.However, the villagers aban-doned their houses and rantowards the safer places,”said one of the villagers. Hesaid that they were unable tounderstand how to douse thefire which grounded their ))� ��)6-()27-%0��32�4%+)���

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Calling Pakistan a "mothership" ofterrorism world-wide, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi today sought decisiveglobal action such as systematically cut-ting off funding, weapons supply, train-ing and political support to terror out-fits and asserted that selective approachto deal with the menace will be not onlyfutile but also counter- productive. Inhis address at the BRICS summit here,Modi forcefully condemned Pakistansaying a country in India's neighbour-hood shelters not just terrorists but nur-

tures a mindset that proclaimed that ter-rorism was justified for political gains."In our own region, terrorism poses

a grave threat to peace, security and de-velopment. Tragically its mothership isa country in India's neighbourhood.Terror modules around the world arelinked to this mothership," he said toldRussian President Vladimir Putin,Chinese President Xi Jinping, BrazilianPresident Michel Temer and SouthAfrican President Jacob Zuma at theBRICS Summit's "restricted" segment.In his remarks at the BRICS plenary ses-sion, the Prime Minister said response

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Pakistani troops todayviolated ceasefire along theLoC in Rajouri districtkilling an Indian soldier.Ministry of Defence con-firmed the ceasefire viola-tion which drew retaliationfrom Indian troops. "Therewas unprovoked firing fromsmall arms on forward areasin Naushera sector of Rajouridistrict along the LoC byPakistani troops", PRO,Ministry of Defence, Jammusaid. Indian troops guardingthe LoC retaliated, he said,adding no one was injured inthe ceasefire violation.A senior Army officer

said there have been over 25ceasefire violations along theLoC in Jammu and Kashmirafter surgical strikes byArmy troops in PoK to dis-mantle terror launchingpads. In the firing andshelling, five civilians andfour armymen had sustainedinjuries in Poonch district.Nine Pakistani armymenwere injured in retaliatoryaction by Indian troops alongLoC. On October 8, Pakistanitroops had fired on forwardIndian posts along Mendhar-Krishnagati sector in Poochdistrict resulting in injuriesto one jawan. On October 5,Pakistani troops had violatedthe ceasefire thrice and re-sorted to heavy firing andmortar shelling targetingseveral Indian posts andcivilian areas in three sec-

tors of Poonch and Rajouridistricts. Pakistani troopshad on October 4 targeted 10forward areas with mortarshelling and firing with fiveceasefire violations onIndian posts and civilian ar-eas along LoC in four areas ofJammu, Poonch and Rajouridistricts. They shelled mor-tar bombs and opened smalland automatic weapons inJhangar, Kalsian, Makri inNoushera sector of Rajouridistrict and Gigriyal, Platan,Damanu, Channi andPalanwala areas ofPallanwala sector of Jammudistrict and Balnoi,Krishnagati in Poonch dis-trict. Pakistani troops had onOctober 3 violated the cease-fire four times and restoredto heavy firing and mortarshelling in Saujian, Shahpur-Kerni, Mandi and KG sectorsin Poonch district.On October 2, Pakistan

resorted to firing andshelling from 1915 hoursalong LoC in forward areas inPallanwala belt of Jammudistrict. On October 1,Pakistani troops had shelledIndian posts and civilian ar-eas with mortar bombs,RPGS and HMGS amid smallarms firing along LoC inPallanwala sector inAkhnoor tehsil of Jammudistrict. On September 30,Pakistani troops restored tosmall arms firing along theLoC in Pallanwala, Chaprial,Samnam areas of Akhnoorsector of Jammu district.

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OBITUARIESGlimpses of FutureJAMMU MONDAY OCTOBER 17, 20162

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form the sad and untimely demise ofour beloved Smt. Kamlawati RainaW/o Lt. Sh. Kashi Nath Raina ofNehama Teh: Handwara Distt.Kupwara at present Block No 27 FlatNo 01, Lane No. 6, Jagti Nagrota on 9-10-2016. Mourning shall observed atNew Community Hall at Lane No. 6,Back Side. Tenth Day Kriya will be per-formed on October 17, 2016 (Monday)at Muthi Ghat (Near Director SchoolEducation) at 9 AM.GRIEF STRICKENSon & Daughter-in-lawSmt Asha Jee & Lt. Makhan Lal RainaSmt. Sony & Sh. Chaman Lal RainaSmt. Jyoti & Sh. Maharaj Krishan RainaDaughter & Sons-in-lawSmt. Dulari & Sh. Jagger Nath Pandita of SoporeSmt. Phoola & Sh. Kanya Lal Bhat of FidarporaSmt. Krishni & Bal Krishan Bagati of TekiporaSmt. Doora & Lt. Girdhari Lal Pandita of (Bagwatpora)Smt. Usha & Chaman Lal Raina of LangateDevar & DevraniSmt. Rani & Sh. Ganesh Dass RainaAll Grand Children of Raina FamilyCont : 9797446146, 9419279726, 9596822721, 9596605448

Smt. KamlawatiRaina

10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we

regret to inform sad & untimely de-

mise of our beloved Sh Vijay Kumar

Suri S/o Lt. Sh Bal Krishan Suri R/o

Basant Nagar Janipur on 8th

October 2016. 10th Day Kriya will

be performed on 17th October,

2016 Monday at Muthi Ghat (near Director School

Education at 9.00 AM (other rituals of 10th Day shall be

performed at Dewan Janj Ghar Sarwal). Uthala will be

performed on 17th October 2016 at Dewan Janj Ghar,

Sarwal from 4.00 PM to 5.00 PM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt Kaushalya Devi Suri -Mother

Smt Usha Suri -Wife

Sh Vinod Suri -Brother

Sh Kamal Suri & Smt Poonam -Brother & Sister-in-law

Sh Amit Suri & Smt Romi Suri -Son & Daughter-in-law

Smt Resham Plaha -Daughter

Smt Preeti & Sh Rakesh -Daughter & Son-in-law

Ganjoo Family, Vij Family, Gandotra Family, Amla

Family & Sethi Family

09711210046

Sh Vijay KumarSuri

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief, we inform the

sad demise of our mother Mrs

Susheel Channa W/o Sh. Avtar

Krishen Channa original resident of

New Secretariate Road, Shaheed

Gunj, Sgr. Kmr. THE 10TH DAY

KRIYA shall be performed at Sec-

37, Faridabad Ghat on 17th of Oct.

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY

CHANNA’S AND KAW’S

Address: H. No. 439, Sec-30, Faridabad (HRY)

M.No: 08979795394, 9419169191

Mrs SusheelChanna

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the untimely sad demise ofour loving son AMRIT RAZDAN S/oSmt. & Shri Basanti & Yog RajRazdan (Hastoo Walla) R/o HouseNo. 53, Lane No. 1, Shiv NagarTalab Tiloo, Jammu. TENTH DAYKRIYA will be performed on(Tuesday) 18.10.2016, 8.30 A.M. atMuthi Ghat near Director EducationOffice.GRIEF STRICKENRAZDAN’S (HASTOOWALLA)FAMILYSister & Brother-in-lawNupur & Sushant RawalArti Razdan-Sister

AMRIT RAZDAN

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of our beloved,Sh. Bal Krishen Bhat (Originally resi-dent of Vanpoh, Anantnag, Kashmir)at present JP-73, Pitampura, Delhi -34 on 10th October 2016. Tenth DayKriya will be performed at Sector 18,Rohini Ghat at 7 AM on 19th October2016.GRIEF STRICKENMrs Phoola Bhat -WifeSons & Daughter-in-lawsSatish & DaisySanjay & CatherineDaughter & Son-in-lawSushma & KailashpatiSamasth Bhat, Koul, Raina & Razdan Parivars011-27326790, 8130947370, 9650159005

Sh. Bal KrishenBhat

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sudden & untimely de-mise of our beloved Smt. Sham RaniBhat W/o Late Sh. Sham Lal Bhatoriginally from Salamatwari,Kupwara (Kmr) at present Block-72,Flat-17, Jagti, Nagrota, Jammu ex-pired on 11-10-2016 Morning. TenthDay will be performed on 20-10-2016 (Thursday) at Muthi Ghat at8:30 AM.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughters-in-lawSh. G.N Bhat & Smt. Sushma (Ramesh Ji)Sh. Veerjee Bhat & Smt. BimlaDaughters & Sons-in-lawSmt. Mohini Bhat & Sh. V.K BhatSmt. Ratna Bhat & M.L BhatGrand Children: Ruchita, Sahil, Shivani, Isha,Sanjeevani, Nishu, Akshay, Arvin, Ashwin

Smt. Sham RaniBhat

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief we inform thatour beloved mother Smt. LakshmiShori Kaw W/o Late Soom Nath Kaw(originally from Chandapora, HabbaKadal, Srinagar, Kashmir) breathedher last on 9th October, 2016 atJammu. Tenth Day Kriya shall beperformed at Murad Nagar GangaGhat, (U.P) on 18th October, 2016 at8.00 a.m. followed by Assembly atB-607, Royal Tower, Sector -61Noida, UP at 12.00 Noon.GRIEF STRICKENR.N. Kaw (9419153969)Rajni & Ashok Kaw (9711733621)Rita & Vijay Kaw (9419158035)Nimi & Jatinder Kaw (9810134829)Daisy & Sanjay Kaw (9930266037)Jyoti & Neeraj Kaw (9419197306)Neha & Ashutosh Tutoo (9686423642)Shetu, Ricky, Rashi, Nikhita, Sushant & AnmolDhars, Tickoos, Panditas & Shishus

Smt. LakshmiShori Kaw

TENTH DAYWith profound grief & sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of our belovedSh Girdhari Lal S/o Lt. Sh Majru RamR/o 518/2, Narwal Pain, (Ward No.2)Satwari, Jammu. Satsang on TenthDay will be performed at our resi-dence (518/2 Narwal Pain Satwari,Jammu) on 17 Oct-2016 (Monday)at 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm.GRIEF STRICKENMrs Pritam -WifeGuldev Raj & Baldev Raj -SonsAnd All Family MembersMob: 8713057500, 9796892060, 9697203880

Sh Girdhari Lal

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we

inform the sad demise of our

beloved mother Smt Pyari Dhar

(Son-Batni) W/o Sh T.N Dhar of

Bomhama Kupwara on 11-10-16 at

present H.No.2, L.No.6-B, Vitasta

Enclave Kashmiri Coloney

Paprawat Road Najafgarh New Delhi 43. Tenth Day Kriya

will be performed at Gori Shankar Mandir, New Palam

Vihar Gurgaon (Near Bajghera) on 20-10-2016.

Mourning From Malun Side will be performed at Sari

Rakhwala Jammu.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sh T.N Dhar -Husband

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Smt Deepti & Sh Ramesh Dhar

Smt Rinku & Sh Vijay Dhar

Daughters & Son-in-laws

Smt Veena & Sh Rajinder Koul

Smt Anita & Sh Jyoti Shah

Smt Anjali & Sh D.B Pandita

Smt Sanjokta & Sh Harish Bhat

Smt Pyari Dhar

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief, we inform thesudden and sad demise of ourbeloved Shri Chaman Lal Mattoo,son of Late Shree Tara ChandMattoo and Late Smt ShobhawatiMattoo. 10th Day will be performedat Muthi Ghat near Office of DirectorEducation at 8:30 AM on 18th Oct,2016, Tuesday.GRIEF STRICKENMrs Prabha Devi C/o Ishvar Ashram - Sister-in-LawMrs Rageshwari Mattoo - WifeHemant & Renu Mattoo - Son & Daughter-in-LawSangeeta Mattoo - DaughterVarun & Gargi - Grand ChildrenMrs Mohini Kaul & Mr K L Kaul - Sister & Brother-in-LawMr K K Mattoo & Rani Mattoo - Brother & Sister-in-LawMrs Jaijaiwanti Parimu - Sister-in-LawMr Vijay Vishen S/o Late Mrs Pushpa Vishen - NephewMattoo’s, Dhar’s, Parimu’s, Vishen’s, Jalali’s, Kaul’sContact: 0191-2555243 (Landline), 9419266718 (Mobile)

Shri Chaman LalMattoo

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved father Sh. Ishar Dass Gupta(Kishtwar Wale) S/o late Sh. ShivRam R/o H.No 2 Model EnclaveSector Extn - 1-A, Trikuta NagarJammu. Kriya will be performed on17th Oct (Monday) at 12 Noon andUthala on 17th Oct at Gorkha Mandir Shivaji ChowkNanak Nagar at 5 pm.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Sushma & Sh. Joginder Paul GuptaSmt. Kanchan & Sh. Ravinder Kr. GuptaSmt. Sudesh & Sh. Romesh Chander BariaSmt. Kirna & Sh. Ashok GuptaSmt. Neena & Sh. Tarsaim GuptaNipun, Nitin, Titiksha & KashishM/s Enn Enn Traders Kishtwar94191-54682, 9419898877, 0191-2477479

Sh. Ishar DassGupta

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith due reverence and respect weconvey the very tragic and sad de-mise of our beloved Sh. Ajay KumarJalla S/o Late Smt. & Sh. S.N. Jallaof Kralyar Rainawari Srinagar, TRTNagrota, popularly known as BablooJi, at Greater Noida where he waspresently residing at Flat No : D-6,Harmukh Appartments, Greater Noida. Tenth Day Kriyawill be performed on 21-10-2016 (Friday) at NigambodhGhat Near Kashmiri Gate New Delhi at 10 AM.IN GRIEF:All devotees, Nears & DearsJAI GURUDEVContact No : 0120-4995320, 09213285455

Sh. Ajay KumarJalla

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved Smt. Parmeshori W/o Sh.Jagar Nath Bhat R/o Chanderhama,Baramulla Kashmir at presentHouse No.24, Aman Vihar Phase-2nd Gole Gujral on 14-10-2016.Tenth Day Kriya shall be performedat Muthi Ghat, near Directorate ofSchool Education Jammu on 23-10-2016, Sunday 9 AM.GRIEF STRICKENSh. Jagar Nath Bhat - HusbandDevrani & DevarSmt. Geeta Ji & Sh. Omkar Nath BhatSmt. Meena & Sh. Vir Ji Bhat - Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Pinky & Sh. Virender Ganjoo - Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Sunita & Sh. Surrinder Hakoo - Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Renu & Sh. Ashwani Raina - Daughter & Son-in-lawAll Nears & Dears(M): 9596929299, 9906336249

Smt. Parmeshori

BARKHIBARKHI of Smt. Rama Kanta Gupta

W/o Sh. Ram Pal Gupta will be per-

formed on 17th Oct. 2016 of their

residence H. No. 121 A/D, Green

Belt Park Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:

Sh. Ram Pal Gupta-Husband

Rajesh Gupta & Madhu Gupta-

Son & Daughter-in-law

Sanjay Gupta & Anu Gupta-Son & Daughter-in-law

Smt. Alka Gupta & Darshi Gupta-Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. Anu Gupta & Varinder Gupta-Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. Arti & Lt. Jagdish Gupta-Daughter & Son-in-law

Grand Sons and Daughter

Aagam, Rythem, Agrim, Anshika

M/s Royal Technologies & Prime Computers

Cont: 0191-2450380, 2452341, 9906094067, 9818294145

Smt. Rama KantaGupta

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our Smt Ratno

Devi W/o Sh Tilak Raj Gupta R/o H.No.

49/5 Nanak Nagar, Jammu. Kriya will be

performed on 17-10-2016 (Monday) at

12.00 Noon at H.No. 49/5 Nanak Nagar,

Jammu. Uthala will be performed on 17-

10-2016 (Monday) at 3.00 PM to 4.00

PM at Lakshmi Narayan Mandir Gandhi

Nagar, Jammu.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Ravi Gupta & Rajni Gupta

Raj Kumar Gupta & Anjna Gupta

Vishwa Mitra & Ashu Gupta

Pawan Gupta & Bindu Gupta

Daughter & Son-in-law

Asha Gupta & Dharampal Gupta

M.No. 9419275347, 8803138406

Mahajan General Store,

Balmiki Mkt. Gandhi Nagar, Green Belt Park

Smt Ratno Devi

UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, We in-

form the sad demise of our beloved

Bakshi Parshotam Lal Dutta Ji S/o Lt.

Bakshi Bishamber Dass Dutta Ji (Draba

wale) at present R/o H.No.-297, Vikram

Nagar, Rehari Colony, Jammu who ex-

pired on dt: 01.10.2016. UTHALA will be

performed on Monday 17-10-2016 at

Hari Mandir Rehari Colony Jammu at

3.00 to 4.00 PM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Kanchan Dutta -Wife

Son and Daughter-in-law

Bakshi Kamal Nain Dutta & Smt. Seema Dutta

Brother and Bhabhi

Smt. Santosh Dutta W/o Lt. Bakshi Mulkh Raj Dutta

Smt.Chanderkanta W/o Bk. Somraj Dutta.

GRAND SONS.

Bakshi Aman Dutta.

Bakshi Purav Raj Dutta.

Mob:94191-98844, 94690-07272

M/s Dutta Feed Store, Rehari Colony, Jammu

Bakshi Parshotam

Lal Dutta Ji

UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of Smt. Harsh Dutta

W/o Sh Suresh Dutta R/o 12-B, Hari

Singh Nagar, Rehari Colony, Jammu.

Uthala will be performed at Hari Mandir

Rehari on 17th October 2016 (Monday)

at 4 PM to 5 PM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt Kamla Dutta -Mother-in-law

Sh Suresh Dutta -Husband

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Kushank Dutta & Manisha Dutta

Aatish Dutta & Sunia Dutta

Daughters & Son-in-law

Sonika Sood & Pankaj Sood

Deepika Dutta

Grand Children: Drishya & Seerat

M/s Dutta Sales Corporation (Channi Himmat)

M/s Dutta Tile House (Subash Nagar)

9419238127, 9419140494, 9906362550

Smt. Harsh Dutta

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we re-

gret to inform the sad demise of our

beloved mother Smt. Bimla Kaul (Rita Ji)

W/o Sh. Bhushan Lal Kaul (Deep) of

Dalhassan Yar, Srinagar, Kashmir

GENX, Crossing Republic, Ghaziabad

on 14.10.2016. TENTH DAY KRIYA will

fall on Sunday 23rd October 2016.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sons and Daughters-in-law

Samast Kaul and Dembi Parivar

987384433, 8860288812

Smt. Bimla Kaul

OBITUARYWith profound grief & sorrow, we inform

the sad demise of our beloved Sh

Girdhari Lal S/o Lt. Sh Majru Ram R/o

518/2, Narwal Pain, (Ward No.2)

Satwari, Jammu. Satsang on Tenth Day

will be performed at our residence (518/2

Narwal Pain Satwari, Jammu) on 17 Oct-

2016 (Monday) at 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Mrs Pritam -Wife

Guldev Raj & Baldev Raj -Sons

Sons-in-law

Harvinder Kumar, Suresh Bangotra & Dr Vijay Bali

And All Family Members

Mob: 8713057500, 9796892060, 9697203880

Sh Girdhari Lal OBITUARYWith profound grief, we inform the sud-

den and sad demise of our beloved Shri

Chaman Lal Mattoo, son of Late Shree

Tara Chand Mattoo and Late Smt

Shobhawati Mattoo. 10th Day will be per-

formed at Muthi Ghat near Office of

Director Education at 8:30 AM on 18th

Oct, 2016, Tuesday.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Mrs Prabha Devi C/o Ishvar Ashram - Sister-in-Law

Mrs Rageshwari Mattoo - Wife

Hemant & Renu Mattoo - Son & Daughter-in-Law

Sangeeta Mattoo - Daughter

Varun & Gargi - Grand Children

Mrs Mohini Kaul & Mr K L Kaul - Sister & Brother-in-Law

Mr K K Mattoo & Rani Mattoo - Brother & Sister-in-Law

Mrs Jaijaiwanti Parimu - Sister-in-Law

Mr Vijay Vishen S/o Late Mrs Pushpa Vishen - Nephew

Mattoo’s, Dhar’s, Parimu’s, Vishen’s, Jalali’s, Kaul’s

Contact: 0191-2555243 (Landline), 9419266718 (Mobile)

Shri Chaman Lal

Mattoo

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of our beloved fa-ther Sh. Bishan Dass Ex Nb Sub. S/oLate Sh. Anant Ram R/o Muthi, Jammu.Tenth Day/ Kriya will be performed on17th Oct, 2016 (Monday) at GurukulBanquet Hall Akhnoor Road Barnai.Satsang at 12:00 Noon. Langar/ Bhog -1:00 PM.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Sita Rani - WifeSons & Daughters-in-lawSmt. Suman Bala W/o Sh. Kuldeep Bassan (Agri. Ext. Officer)Smt. Rita W/o Shaheed Hav. Satpal (6 Dogra)Smt. Babli Devi W/o Sh. Suresh Kumar (VAEA)Grand Kids:- Akrity, Anushka, Ayush, Aaryaveer, Karanveer,Arushi, AadvikMobile No: 9858122021, 9858514285, 9797430826

Sh. Bishan Dass

10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad and untimely demise of our

beloved Sh. Bal Mukand Gupta (Nai

Basti Wale) at Panchvati Apartment,

Nanak Nagar on 08-10-2016. 10th Day

will be performed on 17th October 2016

Monday 11 AM at Durga Bhawan,

Shastri Nagar, Rampura.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Chanchal Gupta - Wife

Smt. Neha & Rohit - Daughter-in-law & Son

Daughters & Son-in-laws

Smt. Monica & Rohit Gupta

Smt. Sapna & Abhishek

Smt. Nitika & Nakul

Smt. Sneh & Kishore Kr. Gupta - Bhabi & Brother

Smt. Lalita & Ravinder Gupta - Bhabi & Brother

Smt. Anjna & Jaipal Gupta - Bhabi & Brother

Smt. Ramni & Ashok Gupta - Sister & Jijaji

Mahajan Tent House, Gandhi Nagar

Laxmi Garments, Nai Basti

Super Electric Co., Satwari

Sahil Footlinks, Akhnoor

Mob: 9469213864, 9419225753, 9697647333, 9419144241,

9419146007

Sh. Bal Mukand

Gupta

ADH-BARKHISix months have passed since you left us indeep sorrow and grief. Time never stopsand life and things go on but your memoriesremain alive in our thoughts, hearts and ac-tions. We pray to Almighty God to blessyour noble and kind soul and grant eternalpeace. Adh-Barkhi of our beloved LateSanjeev Datta (Pinto) S/o Sh Bk RamParkash Datta (Draba Wale) will be per-formed at our residence H.No. 48, MohallaShantipuram (Lower Roop Nagar) Jammu on 18-10-2016, Tuesday.DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:-Bk Ram Parkash Datta - FatherSmt Neha Rani - WifeVarun Datta, Tarun Datta - SonsMiss Sonali Datta - DaughterBrothers & BhabiesBk Gulshan Kumar DattaSmt Sudesh DattaBk Kewal Kumar Datta & Smt Rekha DattaSisters & Brothers-in-LawSmt Shakuntla Bali & Mohinder K BaliSmt Shyama Bk & Sh Kuldeep BakshiSmt Pawana Bk & Smt Parveen BakshiBrothers-in-Law & Sisters-in-LawSh Geeta Parshad & Late Smt Saroj BalaSh Kausturi Lal & Usha SharmaBrothers-in-Law & Sisters-in-LawSh Chaman Lal & Late Smt Amrit PrabhaSh Inderjeet & Shayma RaniSh Naresh Chander (Raj) & Smt Shakuntla RaniMob: 9419194037

Sanjeev Datta

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Glimpses of Future

JAMMU SUNDAY OCTOBER 16 , 2016 LOCAL3

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

BJP State President &MLA Sat Sharma, along withState General Secretary(Organization) Ashok Koul,State General SecretaryPawan Khajuria and IT &Social Media DepartmentIncharge Jaidev Rajwal, offi-cially launched State Unit’sMobile App & Website in pres-ence of a large number of partyleaders. The mobile app hasbeen named as BJP4JNK andwebsite namedwww.bjp4jnk.org.BJP IT &Social Media DepartmentIncharge Jaidev Rajwal ex-plained the details related tooperation of the App and alsothe technique to operate it. SatSharma, on this occasion, saidthat since the day NarendraModi took over as PrimeMinister of the country, use ofinternet and social media hasbeen promoted on massivescale and today large section ofthe society has adopted it. He

said that the App has been ex-clusively designed to act as alink between the public andthe party which has the facilityof seeking people’s require-ments related to developmentworks. He expressed hope thatthis new addition to the exist-ing internet based facilitieswill obviously prove to be ben-eficial for the public.Ashok

Koul, while congratulating theIT & Social Media Departmentfor adding one more feather inits cap, said that the objectiveof launching this App will onlybe fulfilled if party activists atthe lowest level co-operate tofamiliarize it to the public. Hesaid that regular monitoring ofwhat people suggest as devel-opment work on this App re-

quired in their area is mustand immediate forwarding tothe concerned Ministers,MLAs and departments for fol-low up.

Jaidev Rajwal, while shar-ing the benefits of this App,said that it will serve to be timesaver and an effective mean tomake the government and theparty aware of the genuine de-

velopment related works to betaken on priority in any part ofthe state. BJP State Vice-President Karan Singh andMoti Koul, ChiefSpokesperson Sunil Sethi,State Secretaries Gulam AliKhatana and AnuradhaCharak, State SpokespersonsBrigadier Anil Gupta, BalbirRam Rattan and S.S. Bijral,State Publicity SecretaryNaresh Dogra, AdditionalState Office Secretary JugalGupta, Media Secretary SurajSingh, Additional PublicitySecretaries Pradum Singh andRakesh Mahajan, DistrictPresident Baldev SinghBillawaria, Hospitality &Protocol Department InchargeSanjay Khanna, Trade &Industry Cell State ConvenorK.B. Mohtra, District GeneralSecretary Sunil Sharma,Kissan Morcha StatePresident Rajinder SinghChib, Mandal PresidentsAnkush Gupta and Sat PalChoudhary and others attend-ed the launching programme.

BJP launches Mobile App & WebsiteGOF Staff Reporter

Rajouri, Oct 16 :

The Gujjars andBakerwals a main scheduledtribe communities of Jammuand Kashmir today pleadedbefore the state governmentto introduce the concept of'Tribal tourism' create infra-structure and set up TribalTourist destination in differ-ent areas.

Attending a programmeorganised by Tribal Researchand Cultural Foundation -thecommunity members statedthe tribal tourism will not on-ly help the state to attract newtourists to trek mountainsand discover the primitivetreats of Gujjar- Bakerwaltribes but will help in eradi-cating poverty among no-mads by boosting their econo-my in a sustainable manner.

The programme waspresided over by noted Gujjarscholar Dr. Javaid Rahi whilea selected gathering of Gujjardignitaries was present on theoccasion'

In his address focused on‘Tribal Economy of J&K' Dr.Javaid Rahi stated that thereis great potential for new sec-tor of 'Tribal Tourism' in thestate. He said that Govt mayre-design the tribal areas fortourist which already existsin Sonamarg, Pahalgam,Doodhpathri, Mansar,Mantalai, Patnitop, Poonch ,Rajouri as it will help in bur-geoning the local foreigntourist inflow to the state. Hesaid that the creation of newtrekking routs in mountain-

iouse tribal areas ofPirpanchal and Trikuta Hillsof north-Western Himalayacan help in making newtourist circuits in lush greenforest areas. He said that no-madic lifestyle of Gujjars ,Bakerwals and other tribes isa treasure of a rich and di-verse cultural heritage whichhave a potential to fascinatemany tourists and can prove astrong motivation for them topeep into their coulorfull tra-ditions of nomadic tribes andtheir exotic rituals, customs,rhythmical music, dancesand sports which exists sincecenturies.

He said that the ‘HOME-STAY’ in nomadic huts in‘Dhoks’ and ‘Bhaks’ with trib-al vegetarian cousin ofGujjars like Kadhan, leetiwith wild vegetables anddairy products can prove agreat potential to catch the at-tention of domestic and for-eign tourists for a new experi-

ence. Dr. Rahi offered free as-sistance of TribalFoundation for designing thetribal destination and intro-ducing the Tribal Tourism inthe State and hoped thatTourism Ministry with thehelp of Tribal Ministry willtake an initiative in this po-tential secretor. The speakerson the occasion appealed theChief Minister MehboobaMufti who is also the Tourismas well as the Tribal Ministerof Jammu and Kashmir to ini-tiate steps to introduce thisnew concept of TribalTourism in state and regulatethe visit of domestic and for-eign tourists to areas inhabit-ed by nomadic Gujjar andBakerwal Tribes. Others whospoke on the occasion includ-ed Mohammad AslamDhakar, Waseem Gorsi, DilMohammad Cheichi, AlamDin Choudhary, Dr NafeesAhmed, Zahir AhmadKhatana and others

Gujjars ask Govt to introduce'Tribal Tourism' in J&K

YUVA demands uninterrupted powersupply during night in Majalta GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

YUVA, a social organization of the youth today condemnedPDD Department for their failure to provide electricity duringnight in Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district.

Addressing YUVA volunteers at Pardai, tehsil presidentYUVA Sanjeev Singh Jamwal said that the PDD has failed fromthe last so many years to provide uninterrupted power supplyand from the past one month there are regular night cuts.

He added, “Some local staff workers deliberately with aview to sow anger in the mind of local people against the govern-ment and the local MLA, are deliberately putting fault in thepower supply lines and the student community are particularlygetting affected by this”. Addressing YUVA volunteers, he saidthat the only remedy left to the student community is to come onroads as the authorities have failed to act.

All the YUVA activists were of the view that in all the partsof Tehsil Majalta, PDD department is for Industrialists and MillOwners and have no courtesy for student community and havefailed to remove faults from the last so many years. They regret-ted that no steps have been taken to resolve the faults and thereis repetition of same excuses from the PDD Department. All theYUVA activists have decided to institute a massive agitationagainst PDD department. Other office bearers who spoke on theoccasion are Manoj Verma Vice President, Vipan Kumar,Sumit Kundal and Amit Sharma.

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

National Students’ Union of India(NSUI) today protested against Petrolprice which was hiked by Rs 1.34 a litre onSaturday, the fifthincrease in twomonths, and diesel by Rs 2.37 alitre.Scores of National Students’ Unionof India (NSUI) activists led by Jammuand Kashmir NSUI state PresidentNeeraj Kundan demonstrated against theCentre government on Sunday at Jammuuniversity gate towards Bikram chowkdemanding immediate roll-back of thelatest hike in petrol and diesel prices. Thestudents pushed their bikes and scootersfrom Jammu University gate towardsBikram chowk citing their inability to af-ford the sky-rocketing fuel prices andwere rasining salogans “Modi SarkaarHai Hai”, “Doond Ka Lawoo Ache Din”;“Kahan Gaye Ache Din?. Highlightingthe promises made by PM Narendra Modiduring the Lok Sabha election campaign,NSUI State President Neeraj Kundan ac-cused the government of being insensi-tive towards the Aam Aadmi and for tak-ing U-turn on his promise of ‘Acche Din’.Neeraj Kundan, Jammu and KashmirNSUI President said, “The PrimeMinister should apologize for the falsepromises he made. This price hike hascome at a time when the farmers in thecountry are facing an acute agrarian cri-sis without much compensation from thegovernment; this step would only in-crease the burden on them.""It is high

time our Prime Minister should startthinking about the citizens and not focuson a selected few industrialists", headded.

Fairoz Khan National secretaryNSUI, quoting a tweet by the then ChiefMinister of Gujarat, Modi in 2012, whichread "Massive hike in petrol prices is aprime example of the failure of Congress-led UPA",Now where is that Modi andwhere are Ache Din , he added that theprice of petrol was last hiked by 14 paiseper litre and that of diesel by 10 paise alitre on October 5, Prior to that petrolprice had been hiked on three occasions.

Despite of lower prices of crude oil in in-ternational market, the NDA govern-ment is unable to check on fuel prices.

The NSUI activists also carried thebikes on their shoulders as the unemploy-ment is on rise and the youth and stu-dents of the country cannot afford the fuelprices sky high pricesThe others NSUIleaders who spoke on the occasion wereFairoz Khan National Secretary NSUI,Amjad Bhatt state vice president,Gurpreet Singh, Vishal Kotwal, AmanThappa, Momin Malik, Tauseef Khan,Chander Sharma, Aftab Keen, Vardhanand others.

GoF Staff reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

Medical camp regarding awareness, screeningand treatment of Heart diseases was today organisedunder the direction of D K Upadhaya, InspectorGeneral of BSF at Frontier HQ BSF Jammu on 16th oct2016. Medical camp was inaugurated by ShikhaUpadhaya, president BWWA Frontier HQ BSFJammu. Super Specialty camp was organised underthe guidance of Ram Awtar, DIG/PSO Frontier HQBSF Jammu. Dr. K S Kumar, commandant (medical)FTR HQ BSF Jammu organised the camp and gavewelcome address. He emphasised that measures canbe taken for early detection of heart disease to avoidmorbidity and mortality. Dr Sushil Sharma, HOD car-diology GMC Jammu, a renowned cardiologist of

Jammu, who is an outstanding cardiologist deliveredlecture on prevention of heart diseases and briefed BSFpersonnel and ladies of BSF about early detection andtimely management. He and his outstanding team ex-amined more than 100 patients. They were thoroughlyinvestigated and medicines free of cost were distrib-uted to them. Kamlesh Ram Awtar, vice presidentBWWA, Pummy Shekhon and Rita Kumar graced theoccasion. The whole team worked hard under the guid-ance of Dr K S Kumar, commandant (medical) frontierHQ BSF Jammu in making cardiology camp great suc-cess. About 100 personnel consisting of ladies, officers,sos and ORS attended the medical camp.Dr. AtulGupta, Dr. Mandeep Singh, Dr. Prajwalit Sunder Rautand Dr. Suman Sharma worked hard under the super-vision of Dr. K S Kumar, commandant (medical) inmaking the cardiology medical camp successful.

Frontier Headquarter BSF organises medical camp

NSUI protests against hike in petrol &diesel prices fifth time in two months

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

Sangam Tru Art Production in collaboration with Ministryof Culture, Govt of India, New Delhi in association with J&KAcademy of Art, Culture and Languages and Shivalik Ram LilaClub Bishnah today staged a folk theatre production under title‘Duggar De Rang’ (A Sequence of Duggar Folk Theatre) at RamLila Ground, Bishnah-Jammu.

On this occasion, Ashwani Sharma Formal MLA Bishnahwas the chief guest, Narayan Dutt Sharma President BeoparMandal Bishnah preside over the function, Suraj PrakashSharma Member Municipal Committee Bishnah, Pt. GhaniShyam Shastri and Bishan Dass Sr. Member R.S.S. Bishnahwere the Guest of Honour and also other prominent Baba RamLamberdar, Tharu Ram Lamberdar, Mintu Gupta and MohanLal Gupta Principal Aryan Little Buds School Bishnah as spe-cial guests of the function. The welcome address to the ChiefGuest,Guests by Romesh Chander, President of the organiza-tion The Chief Guest and guest of honour appreciated the pro-duction and hope such types of activities will organize time totime said ministry. The main attraction of the production forpromotion of state culture which is demise day to day as well asmission “Swatch Bharat.”The production written and directedby Romesh Chander, the following folk parties and actors as fal-lows Mohan Lal and Party, Om Prakash and party, AnjanaPadwal and party, Sonia and party, Suresh Kumar and party,Sahil Gill and Party, Raj Kumar and Party. Suman Lata andparty, light and sound by Pritam the main character of the pro-duction Paramjeet Kumar (Titu) and Vijay Jeetu as ChachaChattar and Bua Pebo and others. Earlier, the vote of thankspresented by Sat Paul Sharma coordinator of the production.

GOF Staff Reporter

Sunderbani, Oct 16 :

16Aug: Taking seriousnote over the shortage of Plus2 lecturers’ in the govern-ment Higher Sec. Schools inRajouri District, TeamSunderbani demanded ad-ministration to take immedi-ate measures to safeguardthe future of the rural stu-dents who are the worst vic-tim of the Govt’s apathy.

Arun Kumar Sharma,Coordinator Team Sunderbani while expressing serious con-cern over this matter pointed out that the government hasfailed to provide quality education to the students of DistrictRajouri, as most of the Hr. Sec Schools of the area are facingcrunch of teaching staff. “As many as 170 posts of the plus 2 lec-turers are lying vacant in the government higher secondaryschools in District Rajouri but instead of making a permanentarrangement by recruiting permanent staff government haveengaged contractual lecturers who are being paid meagre Rs7000 per month for providing services in government hr. sec.schools. But when it comes to the posting at far off areas of thedistrict most of these lecturers skip postings due to a very lowsalary scale,” he revealed and added that the system is takingtoll on the studies of the talented rural youth. Arun KumarSharma while demanding permanent solution to this problemsought immediate action into this matter and appealed to thestate government to fill all the vacant posts of for Plus 2 lectur-ers in the Rajouri district at the earliest and appealed to in-crease the honorarium of the contractual appointees from 7000to 15000 so that the students of the area will be able to get propereducation in the government education institutions.

Team Sunderbaniseeks immediate fillingof lecturer posts

Sangam Tru Art stages‘Duggar De Rang’

Jammu, Oct 16:

Natrang presented a hi-larious play ‘Hangama HoGaya’ today in its weeklySunday Theatre Series. Theplay has been written byAshok Mishra and directed byNeeraj Kant.

The situational comedygenerated in the play throughthe unexpected and impro-vised events was appreciatedby the audience. The playopens at the residence of awealthy man ‘Chaggu Mal’who had advertised for a suit-able match for his only daugh-ter and he had organized aninterview for the same.Looking at the lucrativeprospect, a huge crowd gath-ers at his gate and most ofthem had arrived because ofsheer greed without even

looking at their own eligibili-ty of being the prospectivegroom for a girl of that muchcaliber.The situation be-comes even more dramaticwhen a number of people addto the crowd without evenknowing the purpose. Theheartbeat of ‘Chaggu Mal’ fas-

tens as all of them were with-out any worth, every new per-son entering the interviewroom adds on to his tensionand palpitation.

The prospective groomswere also shown in a carica-ture manner where they haddramatic flaws which made

audience laugh and create sit-uation and unavoidable come-dy in the play. After a long andhard day, dealing with themeaningless and tiring inter-views, ‘Chaggu Mal’ receivesshocking news that the daugh-ter for which he was looking amatch and went through allthis trouble, had already se-lected her life partner and in-forms him through a letterabout her decision to marryhim.

Natrang actors who per-formed in the play includedRishabh Sharma, ShivamSingh, Gautam Sharma,Gautam Kumar, ArpanParihar, Mohit Koul andKuldeep Angral. Lights wereoperated by Neeraj Kant andthe show was coordinated bySumeet Sharma. MeenakshiBhagat did the presentations.

Natrang presents hilarious play ‘Hangama Ho Gaya’

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

The Jammu Youth Forum (JYF) flays the University au-thorities for disobeyed the Jammu University Council, the topdecision making body of the University headed by none otherthan the Chancellor and the Governor order for one person giv-en one posts in the university administration. Addressing thePress-Conference here today Deepak Kumar UniversityPresident JYF said that said that administrative machinery ofJammu University is not working properly as per expectationsof student and Scholars, which is adversely affecting theirstudies. President JYF said, “Scholars in Jammu Universityare facing hardships due to unavailability of teaching staff insome of the departments due to their superfluous engagementin other responsibilities. The example of violating the recentdecision of University Council by the Vice Chancellor soon af-ter its minutes were released, he, disrespecting the official pro-priety and decorum, went ahead to crush the decision ofUniversity Council, which is the highest body, Kumar saidadding that one Prof Avtar Singh Jasrotia who is Head ofRemote Sensing Department JU has been given additionalcharge of Director Sports and Physical Education within cou-ple of days thus infringing the decision of Council to discour-age one man one position in the affairs of varsity. Kumar fur-ther said that there are many other teachers who are holdingmore than one administrative position in the campus and cit-ing the names, he added that Prof Anil Raina is HoD EVS andDirector Udhampur Campus, Prof Jigar Mohammed HODHistory Department and DRS, Prof BC Sharma DirectorBusiness School and Dean Students Placement. Prof.Rajnikanthas been portion as Director Ramnagar Campus. He is alsoholding the charge of Chief coordinator in all Campus etc.“Instead of adhocism and giving additional charge to somefavourites, the Vice-Chancellor should go for a viable solutionby filling these posts on permanent basis,” he said.

“We fail to understand that how a person occupying morethan one post delivers justice with the administration as wellas the students,” Kumar said while questioning the rationalebehind such move. He demanded that “The need of the hour isto decentralize powers. It is highly condemnable that some pro-fessors have been given prized positions at the cost of normalfunctioning of the university.

He added that Pro Chancellor and Chancellor should comeforward to save the University from the clutches of inexperi-enced Vice Chancellor who is hell bent to destroy the wholecadre and academic atmosphere in the campus.

We appeal the Chancellor of University to take cognizanceof it and initiate measures to streamline the functioning.”

Among those who were present in the press-conference in-cluded Sanjay Kumar, Jyoti Sharma and Rajan Gupta.

‘Open violation of ‘oneman one post’ norm in JU’JYF flays VC for disobeyedthe Chancellor Order: Deepak

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Oct 16 :

Taking serious exceptionto the modus operandi adopt-ed by the authorities execut-ing work for laying utilitiespipes in the urban Jammu pe-riphery Dr. Vikas SharmaState President NationalSecular Forum (NSF) flayedauthorities for making lifemiserable for commuters.“The traffic situation in thecity has remained synony-mous with poor traffic man-agement by the authoritiesbut the condition of the roads

in Jammu west limits isamong the most dilapidated.Even after being a major roadconnecting prime locationsthe present condition of theroad shows utter neglect of theauthorities as several roadsbeing dug up for developmen-tal works, it has become anightmare for commuters toroam through the dig upstretches. The potholes, en-croachment and improperdigging work in the areas likeNew Plot, Sarwal, VikasNagar, Subash Nagar,Rajpura, Janipur, New-Rehari, Roop Nagar and ad-

joining has converted theroads into trenches,” ex-pressed Dr Vikas Sharma. Hefurther said that such provi-sions are to be kept in the pro-posal for construction ofroads as people are facing con-stant difficulties by diggingthe roads for laying of cables,PHE pipes, etc and it often re-sults in traffic jams and otherproblems to people. Dr. VikasSharma while expressing se-rious concern over the delayin completion of the severaldevelopment projects saidthat the work initiated by theauthorities has not served any

good for the residents as thework initiated months backhave yet not got completed bythe authorities. On the otherhand the potholes that havecome up have become traffichazards.

"The bad condition of theroads has led to a rise in thenumber of accidents. It is pa-thetic that the administrationis unable get the developmentwork completed within timeframe manner as the work ex-ecuting agencies are leastbothered to the level of incon-venience being faced by thecommuters," he lamented.

Unplanned digging, laying of pipes causing hardships to people: NSF Development agencies harassing citizens of Jammu urban: Dr Vikas Sharma

Jammu October 16 :

Commemorating the International Day of Girl Child,Pinewood School Hamirpur located near the Line of Control inPoonch District organized the BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAOfunction today. The school being run by the Army has been atthe forefront of providing quality education to children of bor-der villages. The event highlighted the vital role of women inthe society and showcased the young sportswomen who haverecently done India proud at the Rio Olympics. More than 180students participated in the event and showed great enthusi-asm and involvement.

Miss Zohar Un Nisa and Master Shafaz Khan both class 10students were particularly impressive while delivering theirspeech on the selected theme. The event was a commendable ef-fort towards supporting the Government initiative of educatingthe girl child and providing them equal opportunity to excel intheir chosen field.

Army School Organises “BetiBachao Beti Padhao” Event

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Asserting that the StateGovernment failed to providebasic amenities to the peoplelike adequate electricity, ra-tion and drinking water sup-plies, former minister andsenior Congress leaderGhulam Mohammad Sarooritoday said it was unfortunatethat people were being sub-jected to load edding of elec-tricity for long hours.Addressing the people atKahara, Bathri, Bhatyas,Amritpura Bhalessa areas to-day, Saroori said theGovernment has failed to pro-vide basic amenities to thepeople. He slammed Govt forbetraying again the people ofChenab Valley for not allot-ting the RGGVY Phase II proj-ect and said it seems the ad-ministration has virtually de-cided to keep the people ofJammu and Kamir especiallyChenab Valley into darkness.Saroori said that some ruralareas of sub-division Thathriand Gandoh receiving erraticpower supply are for the mostof the time facing numerousproblems on account of lowvoltage and the people arecompelled to arrange alterna-tive sources of illumination

during the hours, they re-ceive electricity. He urgedthe administration to allottenders of RGGVY phase IIwork to some contractors orstart the work departmental-ly so that people of the areawill get regular power supply.He further said the adminis-tration needs to ensure a bet-ter coordination between dif-ferent departments especiallythose providing essentialservices. Saroori also expresshis grave concern overmounting problems of thecommon masses, he said thatdue to its mis-governance this

regime has lost its credibility.He took the CoalitionGovernment to task for itsfailure to provide even rationto the people in the rural ar-eas what to say of unconnect-ed and remote belts. Heblamed the PDP-BJP govern-ment in Jammu and Kamirfor the unrest in the state andsaid the statements ofMehbooba Mufti have only"exacerbated" the crisis. Hesaid Congress party is deeplyconcerned over the situationin Kamir, which according tohim is "sliding into totalchaos". "The PDP-BJP govern-

ment is squarely responsiblefor the arp deterioration inthe region from the last 3 andhalf months," he said.Dubbing as an “eyewa” theambitious PM 80 thousandscrores package for the state,Saroori asked when govern-ment will release those 80thousands crores as one yearhave been passed since the an-nouncement by the PM andsaid the PDP-BJP made merepromises on since the forma-tion of coalition but nothingconcrete can be seen on theground. “After having failedat all fronts and patroning the

corrupt, the PDP-BJP govern-ment is now hoodwinking peo-ple in the name of “Give us thechance” on the name of devel-opment, Saroori said.Hundreds of people receivedSaroori at many places ofKahara and Bhalessa areas whoreturned from Saudi Arabia af-ter performing the annual Hajpilgrimage. People welcomedand congratulated Saroori onhis smooth performance of‘Arkan-e-Hajj’ during the holypilgrimage. Prominent persons,local congressmen’s, workersbesides large number of peopleattended the program.

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Supporting World HeartDAY A Heart Check up campwas successfully organized byFortis Hospital Ludhiana withPahal Parivar at AggarwalSabha, Jammu on Sunday. DrVK Arma DirectorCTVS,Punjab Rattan and DrParamdeep Singh Sandhu sen-ior consultant interventioncardiology, FHLDH led theteam of doctors and techni-cians. Kavinder Gupta Ji,Speaker J&K LegislativeAssembly as chief guest said toprevent the future impact ofheart disease and stroke byadopting heart-healthy livingfrom childhood throughoutadulthood. Hypertension is asilent killer that can be man-aged through astute medica-tion and lifestyle changes. Ouraim is to increase awarenessabout various complicationsrelated to heart diseases. Manypeople suffer serious illnessesfrom preventable diseases. Byimplementing these kinds offree medical and heart checkup camps, we help in early de-tection as well as prevention ofdiseases. Raje Gupta Ji MLAJammu East , Dewan ChandBansal Ji, President AggarwalSabha Jammu and Muni ArmaJi, senior leader Jammu BJPwas also grace the occasion.More than 110 patients for car-

diac ailments were benefited inthe camp with free investiga-tions like ECG, Blood Sugar,Blood Pressure monitoring,Doctor Interaction withPatients Consultation was alsoprovided to all registered pa-tients with intention to moti-vate people to eat healthy & livewell. According to Dr Sandhu,“For the right diet, one ould eatless fat, less sodium, fewer calo-ries and more fiber. Aerobic ex-ercises--like swimming, cy-cling and brisk walking--through increased blood levelsat least 80% of prematuredeaths from heart disease andstroke could be avoided if themain risk factors like tobacco,unhealthy diet and physical in-activity are controlled. Oneneeds for a healthy heart arebalanced diet, regular exercise,mental relaxation and avoid-ing smoking Dr V K armaDirector CTVS Said stressedon the need for lifestyle modifi-cations for better health and ahealthy heart. He also askedthe people to guard against

high risk factors like highblood pressure, diabetes andhigh cholesterol to keep heartdisease at bay. The objective ofthe camp was to generateawareness about heart prob-lems and their preventionamong common people. Ouraim is to deliver total patientcare in an ethical and pleasantenvironment." DeepakAggarwal Chairman Pahalsaid Regular camps at remoteareas, is very beneficial espe-cially for poor patients whocannot afford treatment in hos-pitals. Members of PAHAL en-thusiastically participated inthe camp for this PhilanthropicWork. In developed countries,quality standards ensure thatpatients receive the best in car-diac care, but unfortunatelysame is found lacking in India.While in metro cities of Indiathere are some well equippedcardiology centers which areproviding cardiac care to pa-tients at par with internationalstandards, tier II and III citieslack this.

Fortis Hospital Ludhianaorganises ‘world heart day’

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Former Minister Abdul Gani Vakilin a statement termed the convening ofmeeting of united opposition by Dr.Farooq Abdullah as political oppor-tunism with the intent to exploit inno-cent, depressed and maimed people ofValley. He also raised some questionsover timing of convening such meetingwhen the previous meeting convened byOmar Abdullah besides their discus-sions with President of India and PrimeMinister were unfruitful and meaning-less. Vakil said that the genuine and jus-tified demands put forth by united oppo-sition before highest authority of IndianUnion viz. stopping or prohibiting use of

Pellet Guns, judicial inquires intokillings and holding of meaningful andresult oriented dialogue with HurriyatConference met the same fate as ofAutonomy resolution passed by J&KAssembly during NC regime and dumb-ed in dustbin as usual. Former Ministersaid since decades as consequence ofdual policy and vote bank politics adopt-ed by National Conference people ofJammu and Kamir are till date sufferingand are unable to come out of viciousturbulence engulfing this valley fromtime to time. He said that if NC and otheropposition parties are really sincere topeople of J&K and are concerned aboutinnocent killings, hundreds of blindedor injured people then adopting compul-sive tactics to force Government of India

to resolve Kamir issue once for all thensacrificing their memberip ofLegislative Assembly becomes in-evitable and mandatory and then theycan become eligible for seeking apologyfrom people of J&K. Senior Leader alsoreiterated that regional parties like NCand PDP have always exploited people ofJ&K particularly Valley either onAutonomy or Self Rule but unfortunate-ly they forget all poll promises aftergrabbing power and PDP has also adopt-ed the same path after coming to powerwith the support of BJP. He said thattime is not far away when PDP will be se-verely punied by electorate particularlyin Valley for their misadventure withpoll promises like demilitarization, re-pealing AFSPA etc.

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Wooing the youths with an eye asthey are future of India, J&KSpokesperson of Ratriya SamajwadiParty Rohit Koul has urged the Youthof Jammu and Kamir to joinRSP(Secular) saying their entrywould change J&K and India. TheRSP(S) which has launched a mem-berip drive for J&K also plans tomake use of modern technology infulfilling its aim to add membersfrom youth population. At the meet-ing of its state office-bearers ofJammu Province held under thechairmanip of Rohit Koul and SanjayDhar (Vice President RSPs J&K saidits memberip forms would be avail-able through its Websitewww.rspsecular.com. Coming out insupport of the youth, Vikas KoulYouth Secretary RSPs J&K said "Yuva saath saath chalaygaa tohbadlega bharat! Welcoming ouryouth to join RSPs to work towardsnation building." Rohit Koul toldmembers of the Youth Committeethat with the youth ould play an ac-tive role in bringing about a changein the government of the country. Heasked the Yuva/Youth team tostrengthen the activities of the partyand also make use of modern technol-ogy in helping youth join it. Koulsaid though the online enrolmentdrive through the web would initiallybe available in the Jammu andSrinagar cities, there was need to im-plement it even in smaller towns andat Mandal and district level to helpget more and more youth associatedwith it. Addressing the office-bear-ers, RSP(S) Vice President J&KSanjay Dhar said youth have an im-portant role to play in any election.He also exhorted them to helpstrengthen the nation. The RSP(S)memberip drive has launched todayon October 16, and would end onDecember 8 with an aim of making10,000 youth to join the Party. Themeeting was attended by AK Bali(Gen.Secretary),SK Bhat (Secretary),Sete Raina (Youth VicePresident),Vikas Koul (YouthSecy.),Sure Raina (Gen Secy.-Youth)

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Former Minister and NationalConference MLC Mr Sajjad AhmedKichloo on Sunday expressed shockand concern over colossal damagecaused to residential houses includ-ing a place of worship, shops and cat-tle sheds due to fire in VillageSukhnai of Marwah Tehsil inKishtwar District.

In a statement, Mr Kichloo ex-pressed solidarity with the affectedfamilies and sought preliminary re-lief to the sufferers till the process forcompensation is initiated after sur-vey, which he sought to be carried outon immediate basis. He also demand-ed enquiry into the cause of fire.

The former minister expressedhope that necessary assistance interms free rations and other essen-tials to the affected families would beprovided on priority basis.“Immediate rehabilitation of the firevictims is imperative in view of ensu-ing winter”, Mr Kichloo said.

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Stating that horticul-ture is the fundamentalstrength of the States econ-omy with an yearlyturnover of more than Rs5000 crores and providingdirect and indirect em-ployment to about 35.00lakh people, The GeneralSecretary Jammu andKamir Kisan Tehreek(JKKT), G N Malik hasbaed the government forits continuous neglect ofthis key sector of State’seconomy. In a Statementissued today, Malik saidthat because of present un-rest which started earlyJuly when most of fruitswere still on the trees, hor-ticulture sector sufferedhuge setback and has been

impacted terribly due toprolonged curfew, protestsand utdowns. The inflow ofspurious pesticides, fertil-izers and natural calami-ties has further aggravat-ed the condition of fruitgrowers, he added. Maliksaid that fruit growers areforced to ru their produceto various markets acrossthe country due to closureof local markets and coldstorage facilities due to on-going unrest. The closureof such facilities coupledwith non-availability oflabour has forced thegrowers to harvest and rutheir produce in bulk tomarkets outside the state,which has badly affectedthe returns they receive.Impressing upon the gov-ernment to ensure specialand focused attention to-

wards the horticulture sec-tor in the State, Malikcalled for effective meas-ures to tackle the problemsconfronting the fruit grow-ers due to ongoing unrest.Referring to the distresssale of fruits in the outsidemarket he urged upon thegovernment to open itscentre’s in major marketsparticularly in Jammuand New Delhi to preventfruit growers from suchdistress sale. He demandedKCC loan waiver in favourof fruit growers who arenot in a position to repaytheir loans raised againsttheir farming land and or-chards. Malik also de-manded additional budget-ary provision of Rs 100crore for horticulture sec-tor in order to meet suchunforeseen eventualities.

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owering the rays of spiri-tualism during a Satsang atRanjri, Madhu Param HansjiMaharaj, the head of theSahib Bandgi panth, said that“the world we are living in; isnot the real abode of soul.” Isit true to say so? Yes, it is true.Can we see it? Yes, we can doso. If we give a seriousthought to all that is happen-ing around us, we all find thatnothing favourable to the soulis to be found here. We can seethe fragrance through ournostrils. We can see the airthrough its touch with thebody. Likewise, we can see thesoul as well. One day, I went to

Rakhbandu. The cows therebegan to cry. I asked one of thedevotees the reason for it. Hesaid that they were crying be-cause they had come fromRanjri. I had forgotten thembut they hadn’t done so. Allthe animals including a calfthat had been brought therefrom Ranjri, began to cry. Imean to say, they were tryingto recognize me. I have madea thorough study of the cruelnatured persons as well &have found the same soul inall of them. This universe isnot an abode of the soul. Youmight have doubts about theappearance of Amarlok,Satya Puru & the soul. Thefact is that you know all aboutthem. No doubt, it will appear

strange as to how you can beexpected to have a knowledgeof all the there. But it is a factthat the soul after reachingAmarlok, doesn’t find any-thing new and strange there.This universe appears as atrue and real one due to theplay of Munn Maya. Actually,you know you previous birthas well. When you visit someplace, you feel that the placeseems to be a known one.Sometimes, on seeing somefellow, you feel as if you knowhim. But you visited thatplace or saw that particularfellow for the first time. Thenhow did it happen like that?One day, I visited the SiyaiianGlacier & felt as if I had visit-ed there earlier as well. Butthe fact is that I had gonethere for the first time. I wentdeep into the matter & foundthat I had lived at that placeearlier as well. When the soulreaches Satlok, it, at once,recognises that it is its ownabode. Param Puru doesn’tappear to be an unknown face.

Just as you take all thehappenings in a dream as truebut take these as a farce ongetting awake, the soul alsotakes the universe of Kaal as atrue & real one before reach-ing its real abode – theAmarlok.

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Jammu West AssemblyMovement (JWAM) todaythreatened to call Jammubandh against increasingpetrol and diesel prices. In astatement, JWAM president,Sunil Dimple said that underthe BJP rule in Centre, the peo-ple have been over burdenedwith price rise of essentialcommodities. He said that theprices of petroleum productsare increasing day-by-day yet

the Government has failed tokeep them under control.“The prices of vegetables, ra-tion and other essential com-modities have gone up andthere is no machenasim to putan end to the price rise,” saidDimple, while threatening tocall Jammu bandh. Prominentamong those who were presenton the occasion include Dr amSaroop, Harbans Tondon,Rame Chander Kohli, VijayKumar, Vicky, Babu, Dev Raj,Rajinder Kumar and manyothers.

JWAM condemns NDA Govtfor price rise of petrol, diesel

Swami Madhu Param Hansji Maharajdelivers sermons before devotees

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A general body meeting of MES work-ers working at different locations inJammu region was held today at MESColony near KV-1, Akhnoor under thechairmanship of Narinder Kumar Dubey.The meeting was also addressed by ShamParsad Kesar, senior leader and JagdishSharma, Secretary of state committee ofCITU. In the meeting it was unanimouslydecided to constitute a union namelyMES Defence Workers Union –Jammu inorder to protect and safe guard their con-stitutional rights thereafter office bear-ers and working committee members ofthe union were elected with one voice toperform the functioning of the union.

Accordingly Dev Raj, Sanjeev Kumar andParshotam Singh were appointed as pres-ident, General Secretary and Jt.Secretary respectively, Vijay Kumar ascashier. Similarly Surinder Kumar,Pushpinder Kumar, Tara Chand, SanjayKumar has been elected as vice presidentand Mohinder Singh has been made as of-fice secretary. Further, Mohinder Singh,Harbans Lal, Suresh Kumar, NarinderKumar, Rajinder Kumar, Darshan Lal,Madan Lal, Francis, Harbans, SubhashChander, Dwarka Nath Tara Chand andBodh Raj were unanimously elected asworking committee members. Lastly, aresolution was also placed before themeeting to affiliate the union with statecommittee of state CITU which was unan-imously passed.

MES workers decide to constitute aunion to safe guard their rights

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Days after aMinistry of Defence of-ficial filed a complaintagainst controversialarms dealer and de-fence consultantSanjay Bhandari, theDelhi Police on Sundayregistered a caseagainst him.The casehas been registered un-der the Official SecretsAct (OSA) in connec-tion with the recoveryof confidential DefenceMinistry documentsfrom his house in SouthDelhi`s DefenceColony. The FIR wasregistered on Friday byColonel Puneet Ahuja,an officer posted in theMinistry of Defence, al-leging that the Ministryis the custodian of theclassified documentsthat were recovered inthe raid. According tothe FIR the documentspertain to policy plan-

ning and ForceDevelopment branch ofthe DefenceMinistry.Bhandari isalready under the scan-ner of the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) andIncome-Tax (I-T)Department for alleged-ly holding a `benami`property inLondon.The ITDepartment had beencarrying out an investi-gation againstBhandari and the OISGroup in connectionwith a tax evasioncase.Earlier in June,the IT Department car-ried out searches ontwo Bengaluru-basedbusiness premises as-sociated with defenceconsultant SanjayBhandari, who is underinvestigation for ascer-taining the sources ofabout Rs.70 crore re-ceived by his compa-nies between 2009 and2014.

Delhi police registers caseagainst controversial armsdealer Sanjay Bhandari

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National Panthers StudentUnion (NPSU) today an-nounced its committee of NitlHigher Secondary School,Udhampur today under thechairmanip of Balwant SinghMankotia, president PanthersParty. In this meeting, SunilKumar was nominated as presi-dent Mohinder Singh as chair-man Nadeem Imtiayaz as a vice

chairman, Asif Chendial asVice President Aatif HussianBalbinder Singh, Arjun Kerniand Tani armaas GeneralSecretries Rakit Kerni as Caierand Abiek Bandral ,Anil Rajputas secretaries of the elevenmember committee. Mankotiawhile speaking on the occasionwelcome the newly electedteam of Nitl hr. sec. schoolUdhampur and appeal theyouth to join the NationalPanthers Student Union cam-

paign against the drugs special-ly in Udhampur District, thenew team members also tookpledge for not taking any drugand participation of othersyouths to get drug free society,he further said that its onlyNPSU which is fighting for theequal are of Jammu people inemployment, development aswell as in assembly so that peo-ple of Jammu province may notdeprived of their politicalrights in the state.

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The Army has initiated afour week self-defence cadrefor girl students from the bor-der district of Nowera. A totalof 58 girl students in the agegroup of 11 to 14 are participat-ing in the course which aims atdeveloping self-confidenceapart from making them physi-cally robust and psychological-ly empowered. The cadrewhich is being conducted atGovernment Middle School,Gagrote will focus on physicaltraining and mechanics of self-defence for girls. The trainingis being conducted by an Armysoldier, who is a qualifiedBlack belt in Judo. The coursewill not only enable the girl stu-dents to master the art of hand-to-hand combat and varioustechniques of martial arts butalso inculcate in them a fight-ing spirit and the ability to facechallenging times withcourage.

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Assailing overt andcovert attempts of dividingpeople on the basis of regionand religion, NationalConference on Sunday assert-ed that a whole-hog campaignwill be launched across theJammu Region to isolatepeace inimical forces and toensure dignity of all segmentsof society, irrespective ofcaste, creed and colour.“National Conference has of-fered enormous sacrifices inthe past and will not hesitateto do so to preserve and pro-mote amity, harmony and ca-maraderie between Hindus,Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhistsand Christians”, the partyfunctionaries said in a joint

statement. The NationalConference came down heavi-ly on the BJP for harassingpeople on selective basis ever-since it donned the mantle ofgovernance with the PDP andreferred to various such inci-dents, which could have viti-ated the atmosphere but forthe peace-loving and secularpeople of the region. Thestatement stated that the BJPhas gone terribly wrong incomprehending the generalmood of the people, whomight have mandated them topower during euphoric 2014elections but are secular fromcore of their hearts. “Not oncebut during most testing timesof the state’s turbulent histo-ry, the people have risenabove regional and religious

bonding and kept the flame ofsecularism aloft”, the state-ment added. The signatoriesto the statedment includedProvincial Vice President ChHaroon Rashid Khatana andHaji Mohammed Hussian, ex-MLC besides Mr Abdul GaniTeli, Haji Farid Phabra ofSamba, Choudhry Sadiq ofReasi, Haji Mein Bokda ofJandrah, Mr Bashir Khatanaof Gujjar Colony, Mr RehmatAli, former Sarpanch Bajalta,Haji Mohammed Hussain,Bajalata, Mr Ghulam NabiKandal, Kathua, Mr BashirAhmed Chauhan, Sidhra,Haji Ashraf Konshe, Mansar,Mr Qasim Khatana and HajiRashid, both fromUdhampur. The statement re-iterated the resolve of

National Conference to carryforward the message of amityand brotherhood to lengthand breadth of the region, asthe state was passing througha most difficult time. Forbringing Jammu andKashmir to present crisis,they squarely blamed thePDP-BJP dispensation andcautioned that any misadven-ture to break the traditionalbonding will meet stiff resist-ance of the people.

“Unity in diversity hasbeen strength of this uniquestate”, the statement stated,,adding that those trying totrample it were actually dis-torting the idea of Jammuand Kashmir. The NationalConference functionaries ad-vised the BJP to desist from

provocative posturing and in-stead work for empowermentand welfare of each segmentof society. “By creating barri-ers and sowing seeds of mis-trust and hatred, they weredoing dis-service to the na-tion”, they maintained. Theyrecalled the role of NationalConference during most tur-bulent times and made apledge, “We will fight toothand nail the elements hellbent upon dividing societyand work towards ensuringdignity and honour of eachsegment of society”, theysaid, hoping the NC cadre towork towards agenda in theirrespective areas as per thepath shown by Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh MohammedAbdullah.

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“YOU DON’T know whoyou have dared to touch. Wecan unseat chief ministers,even prime ministers. We canmake or break governments.You are worthless. Just wait, ifwe fail to remove your uni-forms, we will leave theSangh.’’ This was how RSS ac-tivists allegedly threatenedpolice officers on the night ofSeptember 26, when Sanghpracharak Suresh Yadav wasarrested from the organisa-tion’s office in Baihar town ofBalaghat district in MadhyaPradesh for an “anti-IslamWhatsApp post”. Today, thepolice officers involved in thearrest are on the run after theBJP government brought aslew of charges against them,including attempt to murder,robbery, trespass and crimi-nal intimidation. On Friday,their family members submit-ted a three-page memorandumto the DGP and the IG, seekingjustice and asking why the po-licemen were being houndedfor “doing their duty fearless-ly” — it also gives the policeversion of the incident, includ-ing the alleged threats theyfaced after the arrest. �”Policeofficers are scared more ofright-wing organisations thanNaxals,’’ said the memoran-dum, which demanded thatYadav and his accomplices bebooked for assaulting policeofficers on duty. MadhyaPradesh IG G Janardan toldThe Sunday Express thataround 20 women, includingwives of the accused police of-ficers, met him and com-plained that their husbandswere falsely implicated in thecase. He said he had forwardedtheir memorandum to the SITthat is probing the incident.Yadav was released from aJabalpur hospital two daysago. The SIT was formed by thestate government after the ar-rest, and the alleged assault ofYadav by police, which led to a

number of officers being sus-pended, including additionalSP Rajesh Sharma and the lo-cal station in-charge Zia-ul-Haque. Besides, IG (BalaghatRange) D C Sagar and districtSP Asit Yadav were trans-ferred — Janardan tookcharge as the new IG onOctober 7. The memorandumfollows a massive campaign onsocial media by the policeforce in Balaghat in support oftheir absconding colleagues.Pamphlets have also been dis-tributed, highlighting the lowmorale in the force and includ-ing a mock law with variousdos and don’ts to be followedwhile dealing with RSS func-tionaries. The memorandumalleged that Yadav and his ac-complices assaulted the policeforce, swore at them and triedto stop them from doing theirduty. “About a 1,000-strongmob of RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal,Gauraksha Samiti and BJPworkers threatened to burnthe police station and warnedof riots. The policemen savedthe station… but in returnwere accused of attempt tomurder, robbery and trespass-ing, and rewarded with sus-pension,’’ it claimed. Thememorandum said that evencourts have ruled that an “FIRshould not be directly regis-tered against government ser-vants for a lapse while per-forming their duty”. It allegedthat it was only after an FIRwas registered against policefor allegedly assaulting Yadav

was the pracharak taken to adistrict hospital in Balaghatand from there to a Jabalpurhospital owned by a formerRSS functionary who is nowwith the ruling BJP. The mem-orandum quoted a similar in-cident in 2015 involving a con-stable in Ukwa and twoBajrang Dal activists. It al-leged that the accomplices ofthe activists gheraoed the lo-cal police post, threatened theconstable, misbehaved withhis wife at his home and toreup an FIR that was registeredover the incident. When con-tacted, RSS’s MahakaushalPrant Sanghchalak, PrashantSingh, said, “Maybe, some-thing was said in the heat ofthe moment. An attempt is be-ing made to project the inci-dent as an RSS versus policeclash, which is not the case.Some elements are politicis-ing the case.’’ Singh, who is al-so an advocate, said the bailplea of two police officers in-volved in Yadav’s arrest hasbeen rejected by a lower court.He said the RSS only protestedagainst those police officerswho “crossed the limit andused disproportionate force”against Yadav. �”Yadav did notcreate the WhatsApp post.Why did the police single himout? How did certain history-sheeters accompany the policeand assault Yadav?’’ Singhsaid, referring to a group ofMuslim youths from Baiharon whose complaint the FIRagainst Yadav was registered.

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ON TUESDAY, the day itwas originally slated to exam-ine the Constitutional validityof triple talaq and polygamy,the Supreme Court will set outto analyse whether the words“Hindutva” and “Hinduism”connote the “way of life” of theIndian people and not justHindu religious practices.

More than 20 years after abatch of judgments ruled thatthese words are “indicativemore of a way of life of theIndian people and are not con-fined merely to describe per-sons practising the Hindu reli-gion as a faith”, a seven-judgeConstitution Bench will revis-it this matter and other judg-ments on the issue. The BJP,which leads the NDA govern-ment, had underlined onesuch judgment from 1995 in itselection manifestos and tocounter accusations of it beingcommunal, to assert that eventhe apex court has endorsedthe true meaning of Hindutvaand Hinduism.In December1995, Justice J S Verma, writ-ing for a three-judge SupremeCourt bench, had held thatseeking votes in the name ofHinduism is not a “corruptpractice” under Section 123 ofthe Representation of thePeople Act, which would re-sult in setting aside the elec-tion of winning candidates.Section 123 (3-A) defines “cor-rupt practice” as promotion of,or attempt to promote, feelingsof enmity or hatred betweendifferent classes of the citizensof India on grounds of religion,race, caste, community, or lan-guage, by a candidate or hisagent. Relying on this provi-sion, the Bombay High Courthad set aside the election ofmany BJP-Shiv Sena candi-dates in the Maharashtra as-

sembly polls at the time.Adjudicating on appeals byleaders such as Bal Thackerey,Manohar Joshi and R YPrabhoo, the three-judgeSupreme Court bench heldthat “Hinduism” and“Hindutva” were not neces-sarily to be understood andconstrued narrowly, confinedonly to strict Hindu religiouspractices. �”Unless the contextof a speech indicates a con-trary meaning or use, in theabstract, these terms are in-dicative more of a way of life ofthe Indian people and are notconfined merely to describepersons practicing the Hindureligion as a faith,” the apexcourt noted. Justice Vermasaid that the mere fact thatthese words (Hindutva orHinduism) are used in speechwould not bring them withinthe prohibition of sub-section(3) or (3A) of Section 123. “Itmay well be that these wordsare used in the speech to pro-mote secularism and to em-phasise the way of life of theIndian people and the Indianculture or ethos, or to criticisethe policy of any political partyas discriminatory or intoler-ant,” the court ruled. It citedtwo previous five-judge benchdecisions in the SastriYagnapurushadji and othersVs Muldas Bhudarda Vaishya

and another of 1966; and theCommissioner of Wealth tax,Madras and others Vs late RSridharan by LegalRepresentatives case of 1976 tosupport the proposition thatHinduism indicated cultureand not religious practices.The court subsequently held asvalid the election of Sena’sJoshi, who had admittedly saidin oneof his election speechesthat “the first Hindu State willbe established inMaharashtra” andRamchandra Kapse, a BJP can-didate, which had in its elec-tion manifesto appealed forvotes by referring to the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid is-sue. Four months after this ver-dict, another three-judgeSupreme Court bench adjudi-cating the Abhiram Singh Vs CD Commachen & Ors case saidthat it would be appropriate if afive-judge bench examines thescope of inquiry to be conduct-ed when such charges of “cor-rupt practices” are levelled. InJanuary 2014, when a five-judge bench was hearing thismatter, the court was informedthat identical issues had beenraised in an election petitionfiled against BJP leaderSunderlal Patwa — the matterwas then referred to a bench ofseven judges, which will nowstart hearings.

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A city court has decided toproceed with the trial of a driverwho had allegedly rammed hisvehicle into the car of UnionMinister Gopinath Munde,leading to the BJP leader's deathtwo years ago.Special JudgeGurdeep Singh refused to dis-charge accused driverGurvinder Singh in the caseand held there was "prima fa-cie" evidence to try him for theoffences including the crime ofrash driving and culpable homi-cide not amounting to murder(killing without motive). 64-year-old Munde, a prominentface of the BJP in Maharashtra,had died apparently of shockand cardiac arrest suffered dur-ing the road accident on June 3,

2014. The defendant's con-tention that he was innocentand the drivers of cars ferryingVIPs drove at high speed, didnot find favour with thecourt."Each case depends on itsown facts and nothing can begeneralised in this manner.There is no presumption that allthe drivers of VIPs, drive at afast speed. Although, it may betrue in some cases," the courtsaid, adding that the matter willbe looked into during the trial"As per the charge sheet andother evidence on record, primafacie offence is made out againstthe revisionist (accused) underSection 279 (rash driving) and304-A (culpable homicide notamounting to murder) IPC," itsaid. The court passed the orderon an appeal filed by the ac-

cused against a magisterialcourt judgment on whichcharges were framed againsthim. It also noted that accordingto an expert, the speed of car ofthe accused was more than thatof the politician's car. The courtsaid the FIR was registered onthe statement given by Munde'sdriver. The accused, who is outon bail, had challenged the trialcourt order on the ground thathe was the original complainantbut due to political pressure, theprosecution had made him theaccused. He had claimed that hewas the initial caller to the po-lice and the Minister's vehiclehad sped away from the spot af-ter hitting his vehicle, addingthat it was the driver of thepolitician who was speedingwith a red beacon light.

Gopinath Munde's death case: Courtrefuses to discharge accused driver

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Passengers flying in and out of the nation’s financialcapital should brace for long delays from Tuesday till theend of November as the only runway of the nation’s secondbusiest airport will be shut for five hours for repair work.Last time the airport, operated by the GVK Group, was shutfor similar repair work in November 2010. Months after thespanking new terminal-T2 over Rs 12,000-crore was openedin February. Operations will be partly hit between October18 and 31 for four hours between 1200 hrs and 1600 hrs forseven days on alternate days, as the main runway (RunwayNo 09-27) will be closed for surface repair. But the secondaryrunway (14-32) will be open during these hours, a MIAL(Mumbai International Airport Ltd) official told PTI.But op-erations will be completely shut for five hours from 1200 hrsto 1700 hrs in the second phase beginning October 31through November 28 as both the main and the secondaryrunways will be closed, the official said, adding this is need-ed as the repair work involves inter-section work. In totalbetween October 31 and November 28, both the runways willbe closed for five hours on Mondays and Thursdays, whilein the first phase the main runway will be closed for fourhours on seven days, the official said. In total, the impactwill be for nine days in November in the second phase of clo-sure. Notably, the second busiest airport in the country,Mumbai International Airport has only one runway (as one-third of the airport land is occupied by slum squatters), yetit manages around 50 flights during peak hours, making itone of the most efficient airports in the world in terms of air-craft handling. On an average, the city airport handles over800 flights a day. Against this the Delhi airport, with threerunways handles around 78 flights during peak hours. “Therunways–09-27 main and 14-32–will remain closed between1200 hrs and 1700 hrs on Mondays and Thursdays tillNovember 28, to conduct ‘preventive runway surface work’,a technology to fill in gaps on the runway,” MIAL had said inan earlier statement last month wherein it advised airlinesto reschedule their operations. To avert delays and incon-venience to passengers, most of the airlines have started al-ternative plan of action. Low-cost carrier Indigo has said itwould waive cancellation and rescheduling charges forflights affected by the closure. Jet Airways said in a state-ment today, “in light of the forthcoming closure of theMumbai Airport runway from October 18 to end-November,we have revised our flight schedules for some of its flightsarriving into/departing from Mumbai.” “We are takingproactive steps to keep guests updated of revised timingsand re-accommodation on alternate flights wherever neces-sary. Guests are also advised to check the revised schedulesand updates on our website,” it said. Similarly, the largestcarrier Indigo too said since the airport will not be availablefor operations between October 31 and November 28 onMondays and Thursdays between 1200 and 1700 hrs, it isrescheduling flights to and fro Mumbai and passengers arerequested to check the new timings with the airline. Vistarais also coming up with a plan to adjust its operations accord-ing to the runway changes. Incidentally, Air India, whichhas the largest number of operations from the airport, is yetto announce its alternate arrangements.

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Congress is overtly playing caste card in Uttar Pradeshwhere it lost power 27 years ago. In a bid to attract the votesof the most backward castes (MBCs) in poll-bound UttarPradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi onSaturday said his party will give the community quotawithin the OBC quota if voted to power. Party general sec-retary in charge of UP Ghulam Nabi Azad told journaliststhat Mr. Gandhi had given an assurance to this effect toMBC party leaders from the State at a meeting here. Mr.Gandhi, Mr. Azad said, had told these leaders that theCongress would include the promise in its election mani-festo and implement it if his party is voted to power in theState. Mr. Azad also pointed out that the Congress had beeninstrumental in instituting an MBC quota within the OBCquota in 10-odd States, including Karnataka, AndhraPradesh and Maharashtra in the past. To a question on howmuch of the 27 per cent OBC quota would be sliced off for theMBCs, he said that would be left to a high-level panel, whichwould go into the issue in a time-bound manner to suggestmodalities, as had happened in other States. Caste card TheCongress lost power in Uttar Pradesh 27 years ago andcouldn’t make a comeback: this was largely because itfailed to re-invent itself as caste and religion took centrestage. In this election, however, the party is overtly playingthe caste card. Mr. Gandhi’s promise to his party’s MBCleaders roughly three months ahead of the polls would sug-gest that the Congress is unspooling its strategy, phase byphase: in the first, was the appeal to the Brahmins by notjust projecting a Brahmin chief ministerial candidate inSheila Dikshit but also holding Brahmin sammelans todraw in members of the community; in the second, it is theappeal to the MBCs, who could be described roughly asthose backward caste members who are not Yadavs orKurmis. Interestingly, these are the two sections that theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) too is looking for support —upper castes that include the Brahmins, and the MBCs. OnFriday, Mr. Azad stressed that only a section of the back-ward castes had benefited from reservation while the MBCshad remained laggards. Making an indirect reference toSamajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mr.Azad said the benefits of reservation had gone only to somedominant castes in the State while the MBCs had been neg-lected. The SP, in the past, has often been accused of ensur-ing that a bulk of State benefits — not just reservation —goes to the dominant Yadav community.

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By : Makhan Saikia

Marrakesh Treaty to FacilitateAccess to Published Works by VisuallyImpaired Persons and Persons with PrintDisabilities (popularly known as theMarrakesh VIP Treaty or MVT) wasadopted by the member-states of theWorld Intellectual PropertyOrganisation (WIPO) in Marrakesh,Morocco on June 27, 2013. The main ob-jective of the MVT, which came into forceon September 30, is to address the prob-lems of the print disabled, referred to asthe “global book famine”. It would be re-ally appropriate to recount the efforts ofAmerican musician Stevie Wonder in hisarduous fight to bring the MVT into a re-ality. The long-time supporter of theMVT, Wonder, while addressing the UNdelegates, rightly said on July 18, 2016,“Our work will not be over until we re-move all barriers to accessibility. I amcounting, I am depending, I am trustingin you that this will happen.”

He even called for greater participa-tion of countries in the MVT. He urgedmore nations to join the “books for blind”treaty so that visually impaired peoplecan come on an equal footing to the rest ofthe world. Hope his appeal will be givendue respect by the nations who are yet to

ratify the treaty. It may be noted here thatall the UN members must come forwardand endorse this historic and one-time ef-fort taken by the WIPO.

For India, it was a very special mo-ment as it was the first country to ratifythe MVT on June 24, 2014 at the 28the ses-sion of the Standing Committee on theCopyright and Related Rights Act, 2000,in Geneva. The MVT needed the ratifica-tion of minimum 20 countries to come in-to force. It was Canada which became the20th nation to accede to the MVT andhelped in bringing it into action. Sincethen, nearly 79 nations have signed thetreaty so far. Thus, all the signatory na-tions will witness the effective implemen-tation of the MVT from October. Thistreaty will eventually herald a new revo-lution to more than 285 million peoplewho are blind and visually impaired.Ironically, out of millions of books andother printed materials published world-wide, barely 1-7 per cent are readily madeavailable to the huge population of theprint disabled. Further, 90 per cent ofthese people are living across the devel-oping countries in low income settings.

Experts say, the MVT is the firstcopyright treaty of the WIPO which isclearly set on the background of the pro-

visions of human rights espoused by theUN. Indeed, the MVT was truly conceivedin line with the human rights principlesoutlined in the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights and the United NationsConvention on the Rights of Persons withDisabilities. Thus, this historic treaty ishoped to introduce a plausible solution tonumerous challenges in improvingbooks and the rest of the printed materi-als for people with print disabilities.Now, the pertinent question is who is re-ferred to as the sole beneficiary of thetreaty and how they will get their worksand finally in what form. It precisely de-fines a “beneficiary as someone affectedby one or more in a range of disabilitiesthat interfere with the effective readingof printed material. This broad definitionincludes persons who are visually im-paired as well as those with a physicaldisability that prevents them from hold-ing a book”. It extends learning to a newgeneration of visually impaired which re-flects rising global concerns about them.The parameters of “works” include thoseresources, which the beneficiary wouldnot be able to access, except delivered inan alternative format. Further, “accessi-ble format” refers to a broad format thatallows a person to access to the content as

easily as possible which includes digitalformats as well. Another significant as-pect of the MVT is that it recognises boththe roles of the Governments and the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) formaking alternative formats of learningavailable to the print disabled. It permitsthese organisations to play an importantrole to assist the beneficiaries which arenormally prohibited by the existing in-ternational copyright laws. The treatyhas given full authority to the nationalGovernments to create range of meas-ures for bringing the authorised entitiesto the help of the visually impaired. Thisin a way moves one step ahead in aidingthe differently abled in their learningprocess. Besides, the MVT has no formalrelationship with other treaties. Thus, itsmembers can freely carry out their re-sponsibilities under other internationalinstruments and treaties without affect-ing the provisions of the MVT. However,the contracting parties need to complywith their international obligations asspecified in the Berne Convention (1886),the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT 1996)and the World Trade Organisations’Trade Related Aspects of IntellectualProperty Rights (TRIPS, 1995). Therefore,

Marrakesh Treaty: Revolution for the print disabledGlimpses of Future

Improving India-Russia ties

Brand Nitish battles image crisisBy : aJay kuMaR

Barely a year ago, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad em-braced each other after sweeping Bihar. But the going so farhas been anything but what the shutterbugs caught. Lalu’s pro-tege Shahabuddin’s release, Raj Ballabh Yadav issue and thePatna High Court verdict on prohibition have rocked Nitish’sboat. Though the apex court gave some hope to the Bihar chiefminister on his prohibition agenda, the compromises effectedto keep the marriage alive may have dented an otherwise well-crafted image to pole-vault himself to Delhi’s throne. By enforc-ing prohibition, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has placedhimself among politicians navigating in a realm of all sorts ofambiguity. Taking a high moral ground by claiming to followMahatma Gandhi’s tenets as incorporated in the DirectivePrinciples of our Constitution, Nitish has silenced all his polit-ical rivals at least on the policy issue. But the style of enforcingthis key social initiative has become questionable on manycounts and some observers consider it as an obsessed move of apolitician in a hurry. Some controversial provisions, like ar-rest of all family members if someone is found consumingliquor in their house on the ground of complicity in the crime,appear to be absurd, even from the legal angle. This may giveenough scope for police atrocities. Recently, the police raidedthe house of Chief Post Master General (GPO, Patna), on a falsetip off that he was throwing a party where liquor was beingserved. The men in khaki ruined the party hosted by the seniorofficer leaving him in a state of shock. Similar incidents werereported from other areas too. However, the chief minister con-siders it as a simple administrative aberration and has assert-ed that the new law has strict provisions against police officersfound guilty while discharging their duty. It’s ridiculous that astate where 80 police officers maintain vigil over a lakh people– ranking among the lowest in the country – would be strictwhile enforcing prohibition. Even experts feel that this maywork in the short term but it is difficult to anticipate the posi-tive impact in the medium and long term. There are apprehen-sions that in a state with poor law and order maintenancerecord, this additional burden on the police force may impactthe routine job greatly. The porous international and long bor-ders with adjoining states will give enough ways to smuggleliquor in through the black market, at least in the surroundingdistricts. But the major worry for Nitish is on the financialfront as excise duty on liquor used to generate about Rs 5,000crore annually, and this loss has come at a time when the stategovernment is not expecting any financial bonanza from theCentre headed by his arch political rivals.

The first jerk was felt recently when the state witnessed adecline of 33.06% collection of revenue in the first quarter ofthis financial year in comparison to last year. This stiff fall islargely attributed to the implementation of total prohibitionfrom this financial year. The financial pinch is now being re-flected in the government expenditure. The salary and pensionto over 40,000 teaching and non-teaching staff of various uni-versities and colleges of the state is due for the last four months,though the festival season is on. The Nitish Kumar govern-ment has yet to kick off any major development project costinghundreds of crores unlike in the earlier regime. Questions arebeing raised on the successful execution of seven resolves (sev-en mega development projects like drinking water to everyhousehold) costing Rs 2.70 lakh crore. Some of the initiativeswere kicked off a year after coming back to power. While rub-bishing charges about a financial crisis in Bihar due to fall inrevenue earnings after enforcement of total prohibition, Nitishsaid: “I have no idea about any financial crisis. I do not knowhow they are telling all these things. After all, how much mon-ey used to come to the state exchequer from this immoraltrade? Why are they (opposition leaders) so worried about col-lecting money from such immoral trade?” Nitish’s presump-tion Perhaps, Nitish’s presumption is largely based on the pub-lic savings of more than Rs 40,000 crore, estimated on liquorconsumption, that would be pumped into the market whichcould have a cascading effect, leading to revenue generation in

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Russian President has again reaffirmed Russia’s continuedcommitment to the Special and Privileged StrategicPartnership with India and has noted the commonality of

positions of both the countries on war on terrorism. Russia has al-so condemned the terrorist attack on army base in Uri. Russia hasa clear stand on the need to combat terrorism like India. We mustappreciate Russia's understanding and support of our actions tofight cross-border terrorism that threatens our entire region.Russia has shown zero tolerance in dealing with terrorists andtheir supporters. India and Russia had affirmed the need for "zerotolerance" for terrorists and their supporters even as PrimeMinister Narendra Modi has conveyed to President VladimirPutin his appreciation of Kremlin's unequivocal condemnation ofthe Uri attack during their talks on terrorism, including that ema-nating from Pakistan. Assumption of friendship with Russia,"which was more than a partner" was that India trusts that theywill not do anything contrary to its interest. Strongly condemn-ing terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Modi and Putinhave emphasized on the need for a comprehensive internationalcollaboration for its eradication. India and Russia have recog-nized the threat posed by terrorism, and they believe that the fullimplementation of the relevant UNSC resolutions, the UN GlobalCounter-Terrorism Strategy without application of any doublestandards or selectivity will be instrumental in countering thischallenge. Both have stressed the need to deny safe havens to ter-rorists and the importance of countering the spread of terroristideology as well as radicalization leading to terrorism, stoppingrecruitment, preventing travel of terrorists and foreign terroristfighters, strengthening border management and having effectivelegal assistance and extradition arrangements. Both the leadershave stressed on the need to have a strong international legalregime built on the principle of 'zero tolerance for direct or indi-rect support of terrorism', and have called upon the internationalcommunity to make sincere efforts towards the earliest conclu-sion of the Comprehensive Convention on InternationalTerrorism. Russia has always supported India and in a joint state-ment issued after the talks, Russia strongly supported India's ear-ly entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and welcomedIndia's accession to the Hague Code of Conduct against BallisticMissile Proliferation and the Missile Technology Control Regime.During Putin’s stay in India defence deals worth 43,000 croreshave been signed between both the countries improving furtherrelations between both the countries. Russia has proved to be a re-al friend of India and Putin’s visit has helped in improving ties be-tween both the countries.

By : aakaR patel

The Uniform Civil Code is gath-ering momentum and this is hap-pening in two phases. The first isaction against ‘triple talaq’. Thesecond issue is the matter ofpolygamy, which is where the realinterest of Hindutva lies. India is to-day under a party with an ideology,which is called Hindutva. This ide-ology has three demands: The abol-ishing of Article 370 of India’sConstitution, the construction ofthe Ram Janmabhoomi temple atAyodhya and the enforcement of aUniform Civil Code. All the three is-sues require something from theminority communities. Article 370requires Kashmir’s Muslim major-ity to give up their constitutionalautonomy, the temple requiresMuslims to give up their mosque,and the Uniform Civil Code re-quires them to give up their person-al law. For this reason it is possibleto view these demands as being neg-ative and the product of a majori-tarian impulse, rather than posi-

tive. I mean that they appear to benot as well-intended as those de-manding the changes make it ap-pear. This is validated by what hap-pened to the temple movement oncethe mosque had been torn down byHindutva. The movement collapsedbecause it was more negative,meaning against the mosque, thanpositive, meaning in favour of thetemple. In the matter of Article 370there are many legal issues thatprevent full integration of Jammuand Kashmir, but the intent of theruling ideology can perhaps beglimpsed at by the state of Kashmirtoday. The current episode of na-tional pride over action againstPakistan has dominated events inthe Valley. But sooner of later wewill be forced to take a look at howto manage the situation there.

The Uniform Civil Code is cur-rently gathering momentum andthis is happening in two phases.The first is action against “triple ta-laq”, which the All-India MuslimPersonal Law Board, dominated bymen, wants to retain. Triple talaq is

a quick divorce option for menwhich many Muslim nations, in-cluding Pakistan, do not permit.The government wants to make it il-legal and the courts are on its side.Should this happen, we should getready for a number of arrests. Thesecond issue is the matter ofpolygamy, which is where the realinterest of Hindutva lies. It is feltthat polygamy is the instrumentthrough which Muslims reproducefaster than Hindus and at somepoint will become a majority. Theincidence of polygamy is actuallyhigher among Hindus thanMuslims according to the data, butthe perception is powerful enoughto drive this demand for theUniform Civil Code. The historianRamachandra Guha wrote a fewdays ago about why liberals andleftists (I think he meant commu-nists but I could be wrong) shouldsupport the Uniform Civil Code andoppose polygamy. He classifiedtheir opposition to the Hindutva de-mand as being one of these seventhings: The reforms of Hindu per-

sonal law in the 1950s were not asprogressive as they are made out tobe. The customary laws and prac-tices of the Hindus today are oftenvery reactionary, as for example inthe khap panchayats. The unre-formed Muslim personal laws arenot as reactionary as made out tobe, and sometimes or often givewomen reasonable rights. The cus-tomary practices of Muslims are al-so not as bad as claimed; thusMuslim polygamy does not dis-criminate against second or thirdwives in the manner that Hindupolygamy does or did. The demandfor a uniform civil code is motivat-ed by the political agenda of theBJP. Article 44 of the Constitution,asking for a Uniform Civil Code,clashes with Article 25, assuringthe freedom to propagate religion.There are many other Articles ofthe Constitution that remain unful-filled; why then harp on this one?

In my opinion, Guha misses outone thing, in my opinion the majorone, why some liberals (meaningthose who push for the rights of in-

dividuals) oppose this reform. Thatis the right of the woman, or theman, to become a second wife or asecond husband (polyandry is prac-tised in some communities inIndia). It is true that a poll showsthat 90 per cent of Muslim womenoppose polygamy but then 90 percent of Muslim women also live inmonogamous marriages. It wouldbe interesting to see the data onhow those inside polygamous mar-riages view the practice. Guha sayspolygamy is an “abhorrent prac-tice”, which must be “abolished atonce”. This is in my opinion amoral judgment. The Indian lawand successive governments havesaid the same thing about homosex-uality. But the liberal will stand forthe individual’s rights in that in-stance also. My guess is, havingsaid all this, that the momentumhas shifted on the issue. Triple ta-laq and polygamy are likely to bethe next ground on which Hindutvawill assert itself. And, as with otherissues where this has happened, wemust anticipate trouble.

Why Hindutva wants Uniform Civil Code

By : aShok Malik

How does one carve out Indiaand Indian institutions? The sim-plest mechanism is to adhere to thepolitical map and the territorialboundaries of the 29 states. Yet,many Indian civil society and publicinstitutions have existed before thecreation of the current network ofstates and can explain their organi-sational geography independent ofit. For example, a categorising of theIndian film industry would see cleargeographical clusters Mumbai,Hyderabad, Chennai, to some degreeKolkata and Thiruvananthapuram.In this reckoning a Bhopal or aLucknow would not figure, thoughthe odd film may be made there. Thefilm industry is a loose framework.Civil society institutions, whetherindustry associations or sports fed-erations, are more formal and rigor-ously organised. The Confederationof Indian Industry, for example, be-gan as a body of engineering compa-nies based in Kolkata (thenCalcutta), the industrial capital ofIndia at the time. Gradually it grewto become representative of other in-dustrial zones. While notionally anall-India institution, some regionsand cities are clearly more impor-tant within the CII than others. Thatis only natural. So it is with sport.Bengal and its football clubs have

punched well above their populationin soccer. In the United Kingdom,this is true if the once-industrialtowns of northern England and of thegreater London region. On the otherhand, a Gujarat doesn’t have much ofa football culture. In contrast, muchsmaller states like Nagaland whichthrew up the doctor-sportsman T. Aoas the Indian team’s captain in the1940s Meghalaya and Mizoram haveproud and deep soccer traditions. Inthe case of the Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI), affiliateunits reflect this geographical clus-tering of the sport. Gujarat has threecricket associations theAhmedabad-based Gujarat cricketbody, the Baroda cricket body andthe Saurashtra cricket body cover-ing the erstwhile princely territoriesof Kathiawar, an early nursery ofcricket in India. In Maharashtra,there are separate associations forthe Pune region (Maharashtra asso-ciation), for the Vidarbha region andfor Mumbai city, recognising thecontribution of the cricket traditionand infrastructure of the Mumbaimetropolitan area. In unitedAndhra Pradesh, there were twoRanji Trophy teams the Hyderabadteam and the Andhra Pradesh team.This was an acknowledgement, likein the case of Mumbai andMaharashtra, of the city’s au-

tonomous identity as a cricket cen-tre. Today, with the birth ofTelangana, the Hyderabad team is ina different state. It is now the RanjiTrophy team from Telangana.

As part of the judicial jihadagainst the BCCI, the Supreme Courtand the Justice R.M. LodhaCommittee have challenged this ge-ography of Indian cricket. TheLodha Committee report, which theapex court insists must be imple-mented in full, without any discus-sion, says one state must have onevote in BCCI elections and matters.However, multiple cricket teamsfrom the same state can continue toplay domestic cricket. As such,Gujarat will have one vote in the BC-CI elections but can continue to havethree teams in the Ranji Trophy:Gujarat, Baroda and Saurashtra.

Holding that the primacy of thepolitical division of India into statesis supreme and unexceptionable,and must take precedence over allother modes of regional categorisa-tion, the Supreme Court has insistedthat all 29 states be given a vote inBCCI elections. Other than being aclear infringement in the internalmatters and autonomy of a civil soci-ety organisation, and therefore un-warranted, this judicial orderthrows up serious paradoxes andchallenges. Smaller states with an

inadequate cricket capacity sayMizoram or Manipur or Sikkim orChhattisgarh will now have statecricket associations that will have avote in BCCI elections and a say ingovernance of cricket. The court ad-mits, however, that these states maynot yet be ready to play first-classcricket and not be in a position to ac-tually enter teams in BCCI or domes-tic cricket tournaments. They neednot play, but they must vote. The cartmust come, the horse can follow.What will this lead to? It will meanabout a third roughly eight to 10 ofstate cricket associations theSupreme Court insists will now bethe only voters in a BCCI electionwill essentially be letterhead associ-ations with very little to show interms of actual contribution to thenational cricket endeavour. Yet,those who run these associationsand inevitably a cartel will form willhave as much power as a majorcricket centre (or three times thepower of a major cricket centre, inthe case of cricket associations instates such as Maharashtra). Howdifficult will it be for a buccaneerwith a hefty bank balance to build acoalition of paper cricket associa-tions and bargain and blackmailhimself into a position of authorityin the BCCI and in the lucrative en-terprise of Indian cricket? In decid-

ing that the current system is imper-fect and it may well be is not theSupreme Court sowing the seeds of afuture problem? The BCCI is an infa-mous and opaque body. It has itsachievements but it certainly has itsgreat failures. It has allowed con-flicts of interest to persist and insti-tutionalise. It has presented its casebefore the Supreme Court in themost abrupt, supercilious, ridicu-lous and clumsy manner possible. Ina sense, it invited this mess upon it-self by surrendering the governanceof cricket to a clique of self-servingbusinessmen led by N. Srinivasan,the former BCCI strongman. Thoseindividuals may have gone, but thatmindset has not. All this has ensuredthat when the court dismisses the ob-jections of the BCCI, there is littlesympathy for the board in the public.Nevertheless that does not mean allof the BCCI’s arguments have no ba-sis. BCCI president Anurag Thakurmay be wrong, but Chief Justice T.S.Thakur need not be the last word inthe administration of cricket either.Some maturity, some nuance is nec-essary especially when it comes tomindless tinkering with the geogra-phy of Indian cricket, a geographyrepresenting regional cricket roots,traditions and cultures that may beolder and more important than theBCCI itself.

Judicial jihad against BCCI

By : JS RaJput

Jawaharlal Nehru would never haveused expressions such as ‘maut ke sauda-gar' or ‘khoon ki dalali'. He was a culturedperson. Unfortunately, the trait vanishedwith him in the family. Congress leadersmust remember his civilised conductCertain obsessions, particularly of thefrustrated, disheartened and dethroned,only grow with times. India’s longest sur-viving political party has reached thisstage because of its lethal dependence ondynastic succession. Having tasted thebitter fruits of ‘maut ke saudagar’ and ‘ze-har ki kheti’, it has decided to score an-other fatal self-goal: ‘Khoon ki dalali’.One wonders how senior politicians,even if ignored and neglected within theparty, fail to gauze the pulse of the people.How can they ignore that on the politicalscene of India, Narendra Modi is the ral-lying point of all informal discussionsand deliberations that keep the commu-nities together and aware of importanthappenings around them, and also na-

tionally and internationally.While the elite may think otherwise,

the pulse of the people is far better felt sit-ting in chaupals and addas than in theposh clubs of Lutyens’ Delhi. Every as-pect of the present Prime Minister is un-der daily scrutiny everywhere. Even hisdye hard opponents just cannot brushaside certain traits of his personality andthe process of his phenomenal ‘growingup’. This of course does not include thosebereft of commonsense and objectivity inthought and deed on one hand and suffer-ing ideological biases and constraints onthe other. How many leaders at the na-tional level could lay claim to dexterity,understanding, vision and political acu-men in riding the political ladder in hisparty and, more importantly, in thehearts of the people of India, than Modi?His opponents, seething with rage solelybecause of the fury of frustrations, couldgain solace if they could realise that hisrise is not dynasty-enforced but the con-sequence of a hard, committed and devot-

ed journey on a very tough terrain thattested him for several decades. Every ac-tion and initiative of the Prime Ministercontinues to remain under people’sscrutiny Eventually, only this matters.

Only a highly motivated young per-son could take a life-changing decision:Quietly, but firmly making it clear to hisyoung spouse that he was just not meantfor a routine family life. Adding furtherthat henceforth, he shall devote fully andcompletely to serve his motherland. Hehad, by then, dexterously studied, com-prehended and was convinced of the ide-ology of national service that he wouldpursue in life. He became one amongstthousands of young persons who werecontinuously joining the RashtriyaSwayamsewak Sangh as full-timers.They came in full knowledge of the hard-ships ahead, inducing the venom beingand bitterness being spewed against RSSby the ‘secularists’; and equally forceful-ly, by the Union and most StateGovernments. Further they would be

chased everywhere and would stand offi-cially debarred from getting intoGovernment service. Not only this, ifever any disturbance takes place at anyplace ‘between the two communities’,they would be the first to be put behindbars. It has never been analysed withscholarly precision and objectivity as towhat indeed attracts youth to shun allthat a young man normally aspires toachieve and, instead, opt for a life of ten-sions, troubles and travails.

As Jawaharlal Nehru had had in-tense personal dislike for the RSS, theLeftists, secularists, liberals, and diehardcommunalists masquerading as secular-ists were eager to appear more loyal thanthe king in disparaging the organisation.They worked hard all along, right fromPandit Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, to elimi-nate the very ideology that NarendraModi opted for, like hundreds of thou-sands who have maintained the inflow. Itwas this opposition dynasty-based thathas helped the growth of the nationalistideology in the country. It has now the ap-proval of the nation which has put thatdynamic man from Vadnagar in Gujaratin the prime ministerial saddle. There

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Marrakesh treaty ..................................................................the treaty is expected to bring more awareness about the val-

ue of shared knowledge, particularly among the visually im-paired in developing nations. The treaty will bring forth fourmain benefits. First, it is an instrument which fosters discussionand raises awareness about the need for policies that benefits per-sons with disabilities. By this, the MVT wants to hammer homethe point that policy planning and implementation can be one ofthe major steps in the direction to address the bottlenecks on theroad to realise the goals set in the treaty. Else, the main provi-sions in the treaty will not be effective in Afro-Asian nations. Thecentre of the debate is that the wider community of the disabledpersons must be encouraged to be part of the whole process of thepolicies made in this direction. Second, this will benefit one of theneediest sections of our society. Further, it will enhance thechances of expanding the role of education among them. Greateraccess to education will in turn play a transformatory role in ourfast globalised society. The treaty, while stressing the role of theeducational institutions, also states that they should have the ac-cessible formats for the print disabled, only then they will be ableto deliver the best to them. It is a matter of equal access to educa-tion and hence, the institutions must be equipped with all the lat-est accessible and friendly formats that are required for the dis-abled population. Third, the MVT is expected to enhance socialintegration and cultural participation with a new lease of life tothe visually impaired in the days to come. And this efforts willplay a crucial role in social inclusion and cultural participationof a vast majority of our population. Bringing them to the main-stream of our social network can only be possible when they canavail equal access to all common sources of knowledge and infor-mation. Promoting leisure materials like novels, story books,newspapers and magazines will certainly help in playing an im-portant role in the expression and dissemination of local culture.Understandably, this will allow the print-disabled generation toregister their invaluable contribution in the development of ourculture and civilisation for all the time to come.

Finally, the MVT will obviously support the poverty allevia-tion programmes and further can explore avenues for develop-ment of the national economy. Once information is available inaccessible forms, the development of individual faculties will def-initely be ensured. This will again assist in professional growthof the disabled people and make them self-sufficient. Thus, theycan contribute a substantial portion to their local economies.Arming the visually impaired with more knowledge and infor-mation will be an added advantage for the rest of the humanity toachieve the unfinished goals of the multi-lateral institutions. Tosupplement the MVT, the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC)was developed by the WIPO as an alliance activity. Its aim is “toincrease the number of books worldwide in accessible formats(braille, audio and large print) and to make them available to peo-ple who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print dis-abled”. Therefore, the ABC will be another crucial step whereinthe actualisation of the MVT can be seen. It also involves advoca-

cy organisations, authors, libraries for the blind, publishers andstandard bodies across the globe. Hope, this effort taken by theABC will make knowledge and information handy for these mil-lions left behind by our global governance systems for ages. Whyis it important for India? The Copyright Act of 1957 does not haveany specific provisions for facilitating the production and distri-bution of books for print-disabled people. However, convertingbooks or any other printed materials into Braille is already avail-able in India. But considering the growing number of visually im-paired people and the rise of literacy among them, the typicalBraille format will not be sufficient for them.

As the information and communication technology has tak-en the world by surprise, there has been an urgent need to re-lookat the Copyright Act of 1957. It is observed that the existing act cando no better in creating e-formats and audio books accompaniedby speech enabled texts. Even to translate books and other print-ed materials into braille forms require permission from the origi-nal authors and institutions. And this is a cumbersome legalprocess in a country like India where law takes its own suitabletime. But, with the MVT coming into force, the designated organ-isations that will facilitate the visually impaired may carry for-ward their works without taking permission from the originalcopyright owners and bodies. This will make the transfer ofknowledge much easier than ever before in India and many othersignatories where legal hassles remain a roadblock in sharing in-formation for the disabled. Thus, the MVT can be regarded as aboon for India. The coming of the MVT is not only a matter of leg-islation. It is a complete package in which seven aspects are com-ing together trusted intermediaries, enabling the legal regime,development dimension, concerns of the digital environment,technological tools, interoperability of the standards and finally,information materials and training. This will show a new win-dow of opportunities to the print disabled which were not avail-able under any of the treaties of the WIPO. Way back in 2007, theGeneral Assembly of the WIPO adopted the Development Agendaconsisting of 45 recommendations. Interestingly, many of theserecommendations highlighted the importance of establishingand maintaining due balance of interests through adequate limi-tations of and exceptions to intellectual property rights from theviewpoint of economic, social and cultural developmental trajec-tory around the world. However, this has offered a solid base forpreparing the foundations of an instrument on limitations andexceptions for visually impaired people (VIP).Without being inany way complacent, countries like India must take this opportu-nity to offer maximum facilities to its huge population of VIP. TheWorld Blind Union’s (WBU) top strategic objective of achieving aworld accessible to all blind and partially blind persons must besupported by developing nations like India. Nevertheless, thistreaty is an innovative effort to engage the VIP world over andthis can be the beginning of the end of their plights to access to theworld of knowledge and information. Hope they see the light ofthe day!

a big way. The government has tried its best to squeeze rev-enue from all possible sources, even enhancing VAT and othertax slabs on many commodities. The chief minister’s presump-tion appears to be crude and its short and medium term impactis yet to be assessed. “Its too early to make such estimate as itwill depend on how prohibition gets enforced in reality. It is pos-sible that addicts may adopt ganja or drugs,” says Alakh NSharma, director of Institute for Human Development. Knowingwell that he is walking on a difficult terrain with hardly any pre-vious success story to cite, Nitish wants to don a new avatar witha social face and consolidate his electoral dividend earned aftermany social initiatives targeted to address women of the state –like 50% reservation in local bodies, free cycles for school girlsand formation of a large number of Self Help Groups. Of late,women in Bihar have emerged as a new vote bank as proved bytheir aggressive participation in the last elections. Being a sea-soned politician who is well aware of his fragile and weak socialbase, Nitish is on a move to consolidate a new social constituen-cy by taking an initiative affecting liquor addicts, mostly men.

On the political front, Nitish, who is eyeing a major role innational politics, has made prohibition a key campaign tool toproject himself taller than his rival politicians, at least in mat-ters of social initiatives. While championing his cause, Nitishaggressively pleaded for enforcing his model in other states dur-ing his public meetings. Be it in Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi,

Mirzapur, Haryana or in Jharkhand, Kerala and Maharashtra,he minced no words to denounce alcoholism and asked the stategovernments to enforce prohibition. But interestingly, the samechief minister recently waived the tax on export and bottling feeon Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer manufacturedin his state. Not only that, under pressure from his main ally,RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Kumar took a U-turn by lifting the ban onthe sale and consumption of toddy in the state. Through aggres-sive posturing as a pro-prohibition campaigner in the country,Nitish wanted to rebrand himself. The humiliating defeat in the2014 Lok Sabha elections and the subsequent alliance with arch-rival Lalu Prasad has put Nitish in a piquant situation. To wardoff his “image crisis”, particularly after joining hands with LaluPrasad, he desperately needs new platforms to recast himself.Kumar had carved his image very meticulously as ‘sushasanbabu,’ particularly during the nine long years as chief ministerin association with the BJP. He also made a brand of himself.However, with the current partner, his chemistry may not be onthe same wavelength as Lalu is also a regional player but with astronger social base. At this juncture, Nitish is regularly facingpolitical pressure from Lalu that sometimes even dents his im-age, like in the case of Shahabuddin and Raj Ballabh Yadav bailepisodes. Now, he needs to desperately outgrow Lalu in his na-tive state. That could also help him assert his claim as an alter-native leader in national politics.

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are some special personality traits that make a man distinctfrom others. Mahatma Gandhi impacted everyone, so did SwamiVivekananda. In the contemporary context, both of them devel-oped unparalleled knowledge of India, its culture, tradition,weakness, and strengths; and finally, its inherent immense po-tential for future growth. Both of them had travelled extensive-ly, met people from every strata of society — and that, as theysay, is the ultimate learning that widens vision and extends thecanvas immeasurably. Narendra Modi too travelled extensivelyto know India, its people and the strength of its diversity. PanditNehru would never have used epithets like ‘maut ke saudagar’;or ‘khoon ki dalali’. He was a cultured person. Unfortunately, thetrait vanished with him in the family. How has the present Prime

Minister maintained calm and composure? Recall how he was hounded out from all possible quarters for

over 12 years. Yet, his performance as the Chief Minister ofGujarat was exemplary. He took two-and-a-half years to strike;he had the vision to prepare the ground, diplomatically andthrough personal contacts. One cannot recall India receivingsuch international support in past. Meanwhile, it is amazingthat claims are being made of surgical strikes having happenedbefore. One wonders why these ‘peace-loving people’ did notshare those courageous intrusions in enemy territory with theirown people. When politicians presume people to be gullible to ac-cept such hilarious bravado, rejection at the husting is a fore-gone conclusion.

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NEW DELHI OCT 16 :

The widening rift inMulayam Singh Yadav's fami-ly will cost the rulingSamajwadi Party dearly inthe upcoming assembly pollsin Uttar Pradesh and some ofits senior leaders are in touchwith Congress to join it,Congress Chief Ministerialcandidate Sheila Dikshit saidtoday.Dikshit, a three-timeChief Minister of Delhi, saidthe cracks in SP will benefitCongress as those unhappywith goings on in that party donot have much choice but tocome to Congress' fold.Confident of an impressiveperformance by Congress inthe Assembly polls in the po-litically crucial state wherethe party has been out of pow-er for 27 years, she said someof the SP MLAs and mid-levelleaders were also in touchwith Congress."There are alot people wanting to come tothe Congress, certainly be-cause they cannot go to BJP orBSP," she told PTI in an inter-view.Asked whether somesenior leaders of SP are intouch with the Congress, 78-year-old Dikshit said they area mixture of senior, mid-leveland local leaders."Those whoare disappointed with the rep-utation that SP has picked upare definitely looking for al-ternative and the alternativeis Congress," she said adding"a lot" of SP MLAs are also try-ing to get in touch withCongress."Many of them arein touch already. Openly theyare not doing it now," shesaid.The SP has been grap-pling with internal rift main-ly due to differences betweenparty supremo MulayamSingh Yadav's brotherShivpal Yadav and his son,Chief Minister AkhileshYadav. The elections in thestate are due early next year,Amid the feud, Mulayam onFriday had said the SP's chief

ministerial candidate will bedecided by party legislatorsafter the 2017 assembly elec-tions, if the party manages toform government again. Theannouncement is seen as asetback to Akhilesh who wasrecently removed as presi-dent of SP's statepresident."Of course it (rift inSP) will help. It will be harm-ful for them because it is theparty in power. All the scan-dals and differences are notgoing to help them," saidDikshit.About Congress'preparations for the polls, theveteran Congress leader saidthe party has been revived to agreat extent across the stateand people's expectationsfrom it have now grown sig-nificantly.

MORE Asked whethershe has been selected becauseof herBrahmin background,Dikshit said it was one reasonbut the "real reason was myperformance in Delhi".Onperception that many peoplein Uttar Pradesh still do notrelate to her, Dikshit said shewas a familiar face in the statebecause of her performance inDelhi. "Yes, I have not been as-sociated with UP's politics butit is not that they do not knowabout me.

They know that I am

somebody who has done verywell in Delhi."There must behardly any family in UPwhich does not have some-body or the other either com-ing to Delhi once in a while orhaving shifted to Delhi. I amnot an unfamiliar face. Butyes the kind of familiarity of aperson whose politics hasbeen in UP is not there. But Ido not think it will matter,"she said.Born in a PunjabiKhatri family, Dikshit is thedaughter-in-law of lateCongress veteran from UPUma Shankar Dikshit, a tallBrahmin leader who hadserved as a Union ministerand governor for a long time.

The Congress feels mak-ing Dikshit, a Brahmin, theface of campaign in UttarPradesh will help the partywin back support of the com-munity.The Brahmin com-munity, a traditional votebank of Congress, had shiftedallegiance to BJP in the after-math of the Mandir-Mandalpolitics. A large chunk ofBrahmin votes had also goneto Mayawati's BSP in the pastwhen she gave tickets to manycandidates belonging to thecommunity.The community'ssupport determines the polloutcome in several seats incentral and eastern UP

Rift in Mulayam Clan to Cost SP, ManyWant to Join Congress: Sheila Dikshit NOIDA (UP) OCT 16 :

A verting a major Naxalattack in the national capitaland its neighbourhood, theUttar Pradesh Police has bust-ed a gang of ultras by arresting10 of them, including a self-styled area commander, andrecovering a huge cache ofarms and ammunition.Theleft-wing extremists wereadept at making bombs andwere planning some incidentsin the Delhi-NCR region, IG(UP Special Task Force)Aseem Arun said at a hurried-ly convened press conferencehere. In the night-long raidsthat went on till the wee hours,nine Naxals were arrestedfrom Noida, on the outskirts ofDelhi. Of the nine, six werepicked up last night and threethis morning. Another was ar-rested from Chandauli, ad-joining Bihar, he said.Self-styled area commanderPradeep Singh Kharwar, fromBariatu village inJharkhand's Latehar district,was hiding in Noida sinceFebruary, 2012 and carried areward of Rs 5 lakh, he

said.Another prized catch wasRanjit Paswan, a former self-styled area commander oferstwhile People's War Group,who was active in Naxal-hitSasaram district of Bihar. Hewas arrested from Chandauli,adjoining Bihar, hesaid.Others arrested includePawan Jharkhand ofMadhubani in Bihar, SachinKumar of Dankaur in GreaterNoida, Krishna Kumar Ramfrom Sasaram in Bihar, andSuraj, a resident ofBulandshahr in UttarPradesh. Suraj was the group'slocal contact for conductingoperations in the Delhi-NCRarea.The STF officer said act-ing on a tip off, a raid was con-ducted in an apartment inSector 49 Hindon Vihar here.550 live cartridges, an INSASassault rifle, two other riflesand three self-loading riflemagazines were seized alongwith a huge quantity of explo-sives and detonators.He said itis suspected that the INSAS ri-fle was looted from an securitypersonnel as the weapon isused by them against the ul-tras, he said.INSAS (Indian

Small Arms System) is a fami-ly of infantry arms consistingof an assault rifle and a lightmachine gun.The arrestedNaxals were active in easternUP and adjoining parts ofBihar and had made Noidatheir base.

They had rented two flatsand posed as property dealers,

Arun said.The IG said thecrackdown on the left-wing ex-tremists would continue andmore arrests werelikely.Home Minister RajnathSingh had recently assertedthe government's resolve tobring an end to Naxalism, mil-itancy and terrorism, and saidthe Maoists' morale at present

is at its lowest.According to asenior police official involvedin anti- Naxal operations,"There has been a massive andsustained operation againstthe Maoists which has putthem on the back foot."As perMHA data, they remain con-fined mainly to Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand and Odisha.

Major Naxal Attack in Delhi-NCR Averted, 10 Ultras Held

New Delhi, Oct 16 : PTI

Though most of the women leaders avoided direct comments onthe Centre's affidavit or sought to dissect it, they were strongly criti-cal of the prevalent practice of dissolving marriage through 'tripletalaq'. File photo. For representation purposeA passionate debate hasemerged over the government's stand to oppose the practice of "tripletalaq" with some leading women politicians seeking its abolition, evenas Muslim bodies accused the ruling dispensation of waging a "war"on their personal law. Though most of the women leaders avoided di-rect comments on the Centre's affidavit or sought to dissect it, theywere strongly critical of the prevalent practice of dissolving marriagethrough 'triple talaq'. Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla, who wasthe Minority Affairs Minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet beforebeing appointed to the gubernatorial post, refrained from giving heropinion on the Centre's stand, but, on a personal level, said an "un-Is-lamic" interpretation was being given to the practice of 'triple talaq'.Senior CPI(M) leader and former MP Subhashini Ali also opposed thepractice of triple talaq and polygamy, seeking abolition. Their viewscame in the backdrop of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board(AIMPLB) taking a stand to oppose the Centre's affidavit, which saidthe practice of triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Mus-lims needed a relook on grounds like gender equality and secularism.The AIMPLB and other Muslim bodies said they would boycott theLaw Commission's proceedings in the matter and accused the Modigovernment of waging a "war" against their personal laws. They alsosaid a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will "kill" India's pluralism. The con-troversy arose after the Law Commission recently sought feedbackfrom the public on whether the practice of triple talaq should be abol-ished and whether a uniform civil code be made optional. Making nodirect comment on the Centre's affidavit, Heptulla said those who say'talaq, talaq, talaq' in one go were not interpreting Islam correctly and"have no right to bring a bad name to religion as they are giving it anun- Islamic interpretation". While Ali found fault with the "unilateralsystem of divorce by men" and advocated that the Muslim clerics must"change their approach", social activist Shabnam Hashmi categori-cally said "this practice (triple talaq) should be abolished." Withoutgetting drawn into the Centre's affidavit, Hashmi said the concept ofone-time triple talaq does not exist in Islam and there is no mention of"gender inequality" in any religion or religious texts. "Triple talaqshould be abolished, it is as simple as that. No such practice is followedin any civilised society," she asserted. While Heptulla, Ali and Hashmiagreed to air their views on triple talaq, Aparupa Poddar, TrinamoolCongress MP from Arambagh in West Bengal and is married to aMuslim, refused to be drawn into the debate leaving it for the party totake a stand on the Centre's decision. Her party leaders also refused totake questions on the issue.

Mumbai, Oct 16 : PTI

Investigation into the callcentre racket in Thane where-in US-based tax payers were al-legedly conned by Indian tele-callers posing as tax officershas led Thane Police to suspectinvolvement of the son of a sen-ior IPS officer from Gujarat.Crime Branch (Thane Police)has so far arrested 70 persons

after it raided seven call cen-tres operating illegally in MiraRoad in the neighbouring dis-trict earlier this month.Another 630 people werebooked under IPC sections 384(extortion), 419 (cheating by im-personation), 420 (cheating)and under relevant sections ofthe IT Act and IndianTelegraph Act. The callers usedto make calls to people in the US

and speak to them in Americanaccent by posing as officials ofUS Internal Revenue Service.Subsequently, police teams al-so raided and shut down fivecall centres in Ahmedabadwhich were a part of the racket.A senior official of ThanePolice, who is a part of investi-gation team, told PTI that theevidences unearthed so far in-dicated that the mastermind of

the racket, Sagar Thakkar aliasShaggy, who is absconding,had links with a senior IPS offi-cer's son in Gujarat. Accordingto the officer, it is suspectedthat the son of the IPS officerwas involved in running theseillegal call centres inAhmedabad. Thane Police thenpassed on this information totheir Gujarat counterparts, theofficer said .

Call centre raids: Police suspect involvement of Gujarat cop's sonThree students

killed in

accidentNEW DELHI: Oct 16 :

Three Amity Universitystudents died and seven oth-ers were injured after thehired car they were travel-ling in rammed into a tractoron National Highway (NH)-1in Outer Delhi.

The students were goingtowards Murthal in Haryanafrom Noida for dinner whenthe accident occurred nearGrand Orchids farmhouse inAlipur village in the earlyhours of Saturday.Conditionof two students PranavPandey (22) and Shubham(19) is critical. They are cur-rently being operated at LokNayak Jai Prakash NarayanHospital, said the police. Restof the injured have been dis-charged from hospital aftergiving medical treatment,the police added. The inci-dent occurred around 2.00am when the second-year en-gineering students were go-ing in a speeding MahindraScorpio to have dinner atMurthal. In the middle of thejourney, the vehicle rammedinto a tractor trolley from be-hind near Alipur village,said the police.The impact ofthe collision was such thatthe upper portion of the SUVwas removed from the vehi-cle and flung several metresaway from the rest of car’sbody. After the accident, thetractor driver fled from theplace leaving his vehicle be-hind. A case of rash drivingand causing death by negli-gence has been registeredagainst the driver at Alipurpolice station, and the policeare conducting raids at sev-eral places to nab him. Thedeceased are Shikhar (22),Ujwal (21) and Rajesh (24).The injured are: Subham(19), Pranav Pandey, Vijay(20), Shubam, Reefat (21),Vanshika (20) and Pooja(21_).Shikhar and Ujjwal arefrom Meerut, while Rajeshwas from Haryana’sBhiwani district. Out of theseven injured students, threeare girls, police said.The in-jured students told the policethat on Friday evening, theydecided to visit Murthal tohave its famous paranthas.They hired a Scorpio around12.30 am from Noida’s 125sector.

Women leaders oppose triple talaq

NEW DELHI OCT 16

A committee set up by theHRD Ministry has found ac-tivist Teesta Setalvad culpa-ble for "hatred-filled, dishar-mony-spreading, ill-will gen-erating, enmity-creating ex-plosive writings".The thenHRD Minister Smriti Iranihad in 2015 formed a three-member panel comprisingSupreme Court lawyerAbhijit Bhattacharjee,Gujarat Central UniversityVice Chancellor S A Bari anda ministry official GayaPrasad to look into allegationsagainst NGO Sabrang Trust,based on a complaint.The pan-el has submitted its report tothe current HRD MinisterPrakash Javadekar.According to sources, thecommittee has recommendedin its report that that there iscompelling evidence to bookTeesta under sections 153-Aand 153-B of the Indian PenalCode (IPC), both pertaining tohate speeches.Any personbooked under the said sec-tions can be punished withjail terms and fine.The panelis also believed to have raised

questions over the manner inwhich the amount was allo-cated to the trust "SarvaSiksha Abhiyan" by the previ-ous UPA government.It islearnt that the NCERT, whichwas the appraiser of the par-ticular project, had raisedsome objections yet the min-istry sanctioned Rs 3 crore forthe project.

Sources said while thecommittee has not found any

misappropriation of thefunds, it has blamed the min-istry for the manner in whichthe amount was sanctioned inthe previous dispensation andif the panel's recommenda-tions are accepted, the offi-cials then involved in theprocess can also faceaction.Setalvad, when con-tacted claimed the allegationsof misappropriation of fundscould not be proved and to

counter that charges ofspreading hatred have beenlevelled.

"In typical proto fasciststyle allegations have coveredthe infamous misappropria-tion of funds to now spreadinghatred. Creating hatred...Against whom? The RSS? Thecharge of misappropriationobviously could not be provenand so it is now down to this,"she told PTI in an email re-sponse.While HRD ministryofficials did not comment onthe contents of the report,they confirmed its submis-sion.HRD ministry had alsosought an opinion from theLaw Ministry over the issueand is awaiting a response fol-lowing which a final decisionwill be taken by Javadekar inthis regard.

In June, the Ministry ofHome Affairs had cancelledthe licence of the NGO underthe Foreign ContributionRegulation Act, 2010.

The trust also faces the al-legation of using Ford grant toidentify and lobby with mediapersons to "address commu-nalism and caste-based dis-crimination in India".

HRD Panel Finds Teesta Setalvad Culpable for 'Spreading Hatred'

Maratha 'silent march'

reaches Mumbai's

doorsteps in ThaneThane, Oct 16 : (PTI)

The Maratha communitytoday took its statewide cam-paign for demands, includingreservation, to the doortstepsof Mumbai by organising ahuge 'silent march' in the ad-joining Thane district, whichwas joined by MinisterEknath Shinde and leaders ofShiv Sena, Congress and NCP.A day after the 'Maratha kran-ti silent morcha' in Kolhapur,the community members to-day gathered in large num-bers at Teen Hath Naka inThane and marched in rowstowards the district collec-torate, located about five kmsaway. The participants, car-rying saffron flags and severalplacards for their demands,and children and eldersdressed as Maratha warriorking Chhatrapati Shivaji,walked through the Gokhaleroad and other main streets ofthe city. A large number ofwomen and youths also par-ticipated in the morcha heretoday.Five young girls fromamong the participants ledthe morcha. Banners andmega hoardings having theslogan 'Ek Maratha, LakhMaratha' were put up at sever-al places in Thane. Over 1,500police personnel were de-ployed to man the crowd.Elaborate security arrange-ments and traffic diversionswere effected by the police inview of the rally .

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An early morning argument at a LosAngeles restaurant operating out of a con-verted home apparently triggered gunfirethat left three people dead and 12 wounded,two gravely, authorities have said. Therestaurant owner told The Los AngelesTimes he runs a Jamaican catering busi-ness out of the house and was hosting abirthday celebration when the shootingbroke out. A man who had gone to the houseto ask that a car be moved from his broth-er’s driveway told the newspaper therewere more than 100 people in the house andyard and that a DJ was playing music.Shortly after they left, Paul Elen said heheard 15 to 20 shots. “My brother thought itwas fireworks,” Elen said. “I said, ‘No, ain’tno smoke in there. Them ain’t fireworks,them gunshots.'” Police who arrived at thescene in a working class neighborhood dot-ted by tall palm trees found shell casingsand blood throughout the restaurant westof downtown Los Angeles. Los AngelesMayor Eric Garcetti called the shooting thelatest example of senseless gun violencethat has reached epidemic proportions inthe country. “We cannot tolerate thesetragedies multiplying in communitiesacross America,” Garcetti said in a state-ment.Los Angeles Police DepartmentOfficer Mike Lopez said investigators wereseeking a suspect he described as a blackmale, possibly accompanied by a woman.Police earlier questioned two possible sus-pects, but Lopez said later no one was in cus-tody. Three people died at the scene, and 12others were transported to local hospitals.Lopez said two of the victims were in gravecondition. Two of the wounded were re-leased and the others remain hospitalisedwith wounds are not considered life-threat-ening. Police did not disclose the names orages of the victims. Neighbour Sheryl Cobbsaid she was awakened by screaming andgunfire, but never left her home for fear ofgetting caught in a crossfire. “Bullets don’thave names on them,” she said.

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Thai police on Sunday charged awoman with royal defamation after amob demanded action over a Facebookpost allegedly smearing the "heir and re-gent", as the country mourns KingBhumibol Adulyadej. Thailand has oneof the world's harshest lese majeste laws,with jail terms of up to 15 years for eachcount of defaming or insulting the king,queen, heir or regent. The woman, whohas not been named, was accused of post-ing a derogatory statement on Facebookon Friday, according to ThewesPleumsud of Bo Pud police in the south-eastern island of Koh Samui. "She did notpost against the late King - it involved theheir and the regent," he said, referring toCrown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, andthe 96-year-old Prem Tinsulanonda whoin a surprise move became temporary re-gent on Friday. He declined to give fur-ther details since doing so could violatethe catch-all law. Prem, a former primeminister and Bhumibol's Privy Councilhead, will act as regent until the CrownPrince formally ascends the throne. Anangry mob descended on Bo Pud policestation today demanding the woman becharged. The crowd hurled insults at thewoman, according to videos widelyshared on Facebook. Police said she wascharged and then publicly prostratedherself in apology before a portrait of theking, who died on Thursday aged 88 -prompting a wave of grief across the na-tion. Two other similar cases since theking's death - in which angry crowdsurged punishment for alleged royaldefamation on social media - have raisedfears of mob action. Domestic and foreignmedia outlets based in the country rou-tinely self-censor to avoid falling foul ofthe broadly worded law, while social op-probrium follows those perceived to haveoverstepped the mark. Critics say the law- known as '112' after its criminal code -has encouraged witch hunts by the pub-lic, with police and courts obliged to in-vestigate all accusations. The law pre-vents all but the most cursory public dis-cussion of Thailand's monarchy, or re-porting or debate on the issue. Cases havesurged since royalist generals ousted acivilian government from power in 2014The generals have vowed to defend themonarchy from criticism. But analystssay the law has overwhelmingly beenused to skewer their political rivals.

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The Philippine president ac-knowledged Sunday that he canbe impeached if he concedes hiscountry's territorial claims inthe South China Sea in talks withPresident Xi Jinping and otherChinese leaders this week inBeijing. President RodrigoDuterte said in a speech beforeleaving for Brunei and Chinathat while he will not bargain thePhilippines' territorial claims,"there will be no hard imposi-tions" as he tries to renew his na-tion's strained friendship withChina and intensify two-waytrade and investment. SupremeCourt Senior Associate JusticeAntonio Carpio, who has doneextensive studies on the territo-rial conflict, warned last weekthat conceding the Philippines'sovereign rights in the disputedwaters is a ground for the presi-

dent's impeachment. Carpio saidthat China may ask the Duterteadministration to acknowledgeChinese sovereignty in contestedSouth China Sea territories be-fore agreeing to any businessdeals or joint exploration of po-tential sea resources Asked to re-act to Carpio's warning, Duterte

said he agreed with him. "He iscorrect. I would be impeached,"the president said at a news con-ference at the international air-port in the southern city of Davaobefore embarking on his two-na-tion trip. "I said we cannot barterwhich is not ours (or what) be-longs to the Filipino people," said

Duterte, who is a lawyer andonce served as a governmentprosecutor. "I cannot be the soleauthorized agent, for that is notallowed under the constitution."Duterte, who was Davao's mayorbefore assuming the presidencyin June, has walked a tightropein trying to mend damaged rela-tions with China and defendinghis country's claims in the dis-puted South China Sea. In July,an international arbitration tri-bunal ruled that China's massiveclaims to the sea on historicalgrounds were not valid under a1982 U.N. treaty, handing a land-mark victory to the Philippines,which had filed a complaintagainst Beijing under Duterte'spredecessor. The tribunal in TheHague specifically ruled thatChina has violated the rights ofFilipino fishermen, who havebeen blocked by the Chinesecoast guard from fishing in the

disputed Scarborough Shoal, offthe northwest Philippines. "Theinternational decision will betaken up," Duterte said. But headded without elaborating that"there will be no hard imposi-tions." When the tribunal's July12 decision was announced,Duterte did not make any cele-bratory remarks that he saidcould offend China, which has ig-nored the decision as a sham andcampaigned to discourage gov-ernments from recognizing theruling Duterte has not pressedthe Chinese government to com-ply with the decision. Labelinghimself a left-wing politician,Duterte has announced step toscale back the Philippines' mili-tary engagements with the U.S.,including his opposition to jointpatrols with the U.S. Navy in theSouth China Sea and joint com-bat exercises with Americanforces. He has lashed out at

President Barack Obama for crit-icizing his deadly anti-drug cam-paign, but has reached out toChina and Russia

Duterte will travel to Bruneibefore making a three-day visitto China that starts Tuesday inthe southern city of Xiamen. He'llthen fly to Beijing, where,Duterte said, "We will stick to-wards our claim. We do not bar-gain anything." Aside fromPresident Xi, Duterte said hewould also meet ChinesePremier Li Keqiang and NationalPeople's Congress ChairmanZhang Dejiang. "This is a matterof international comity whenyou go there, we only want totalk," he said. "And remember,there are only two options: We goto trouble or we talk." "We cannotchoose the path there in be-tween," said Duterte, who hasruled out any war with the Asiansuperpo

Rodrigo Duterte acknowledges he can'tconcede sea claims to China

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Several hundred people have protestedin Madrid against the Trans-Atlantic Tradeand Investment Partnership, a major freetrade deal between the United States andthe European Union.

The protesters Saturday also urged offi-cials not to approve the ComprehensiveEconomic and Trade Agreement, a smallertrade agreement between Canada and theEU, and the Trade in Services Agreement,which involves the EU.

Protesters carried signs claiming thedeals would impoverish locals, chanting“They are not treaties, they are coups d’é-tat!” and “We are people, not merchandise!”Some wore huge yellow foam chains aroundtheir necks to signify enslavement, whileothers dressed up as tycoons.Spain is re-covering from an economic crisis that leftmassive youth unemployment. Its economyis on the upswing but politicians havestruggled for months to form a government.

Spain: Hundreds in Madrid protestUS-Europe, Canada-EU trade deals

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Miners in Burma unearthed one ofthe world’s most valuable pieces ofjade on Sunday at a remote mine inKachin State. Weighing 175 tonnes,the stone is estimated to be worth £140million. The workers were excavatingrare gems when they stumbled acrossthe remarkable stone. The miners willsend the boulder to China where itwill get carved up into expensive jew-ellery and sculptures.

“We thought we had won the lot-tery. But this belongs to the country. Itis in honour of our leaders,” MinerSao Min, 44, told Daily Mail.“The jade

is as big as two small houses that are9ft square. I assume that it is a presentfor the fate for our citizens, the gov-ernment and our party as it was dis-covered in the time of our govern-ment. It’s a very good sign for us,” an-other miner U Tint Soe said to DailyMail. The stone measuring approxi-mately 9 feet high and 18 feet long andis second largest in size. The carvedstatue at Jade Buddha Palace in Chinawhich weighs 260 tonnes is the largestjade stone in the world.

The country, with 50 billion dollara year revenue, is the largest producerof jadeite. The jadeite industry repre-sents half of Myanmar’s GDP.

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British Prime MinisterTheresa May on Sunday saidshe will visit India next monthfor her first bilateral visit out-side Europe during which shewill hold talks with her Indiancounterpart Narendra Modiand review all aspects of theIndia-UK strategic partner-ship post-Brexit. May, 60, willbe in India between November6 and 8 on the invitation ofModi. She will be accompaniedby her international trademinister Liam Fox and a busi-ness delegation drawn from re-gions across the UK as "exam-ples of the best of British busi-ness". "The relationships be-tween our two countries arestrong, and the Indian diaspo-ra plays a vital role in our na-tional life," May said. "In mytalks with Prime MinisterModi, I want to build on our re-lationship for the benefit ofboth our countries, generatingjobs and wealth and maintain-ing cooperation on defenceand security," the PrimeMinister said. "As we leave theEuropean Union, we have thechance to forge a new global

role for the UK to look beyondour continent and towards theeconomic and diplomatic op-portunities in the wider world.I am determined to capitaliseon those opportunities and aswe embark on the trade mis-sion to India, we will send themessage that the UK will be themost passionate, most consis-tent, and most convincing ad-vocate for free trade," Maysaid. While in India, theBritish Prime Minister willhold discussions with Modiand a number of commercialdeals are expected to be signedduring the visit.

The India-UK partnershiphas moved into a new era, withBritain voting to leave theEuropean Union (EU) in a ref-erendum in June and leadingto the resignation of thenPrime Minister DavidCameron. May will land inNew Delhi, where she will in-augurate the India-UK TECHSummit alongside Modi. TheTECH Summit, described asSouth Asia's largest technolo-gy conference, will provide aplatform for promoting tech-nology-intensive trade be-tween the two countries.

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Montenegro’s ruling partyfaced a tough test in nationalelections on Sunday, hoping itspromise to bring the country intoNATO and closer to theEuropean Union will outweighopposition allegations of corrup-tion. Prime Minister MiloDjukanovic, 54, has presentedthe vote as a choice between con-tinuing Western integration un-der his Democratic Party ofSocialists or being reduced to a“Russian colony” under the op-position. But the opposition sayhis regular accusations that theyare funded by Moscow are falseand a smokescreen to cover forthe culture of cronyism and or-ganised crime that they say hehas allowed to flourish over hisquarter-century of dominance.NATO invited the tiny Balkancountry of 620,000 to join lastyear, partly out of concern atRussian influence inMontenegro, which has strongcultural and commercial links toits traditional OrthodoxChristian ally.Supporters of themove say it will bring greater se-curity and prosperity. But it re-mains divisive – NATO bombedMontenegro when the alliance

intervened in 1999 to end a cam-paign of ethnic cleansing inKosovo by Serbia, with whichMontenegro was then in a stateunion. A lack of reliable pollsmakes the election hard to call,but long-term allies have desert-ed Djukanovic, suggesting thatthe message from opposition par-ties may have traction. VoterVojislav Grujovic, a stocky man-ual labourer in his 50s, declinedto say who he had chosen onSunday. “I have voted withoutworries, because everyonepledged a better life and prosperi-ty … We can’t lose,” he joked. Theformer Yugoslav republic’s econ-omy has grown at a brisk 3.2 per-cent a year for the past decade,thanks mainly to foreign invest-

ment, much of it from Russia aswell as China and Italy, targetingenergy, mining and tourism in acountry famed for its spectacularmountains and sea coast. At anopposition rally in the capitalPodgorica on Saturday, hun-dreds of backers of theDemocratic Front (DF), an al-liance of pro-Serb and pro-Western parties, waved Serb,Russian and Montenegrin flags,chanting their campaign slogan“Us or Him”. “Djukanovic, stepdown peacefully on Sunday if youlove Montenegro�,” said NebojsaMedojevic, a pro-Western politi-cian and one of the DF’s leaders.Polling stations close at 1800GMT, with first partial results ex-pected an hour later.

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Four people were killedand nine were injuredSaturday afternoon after anout-of-control pickup truckplunged off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and nose-dived into a crowd gathered ata festival below, authoritiessaid. The truck driver, whowas alone in the vehicle,struck a guardrail and fell 60feet onto a vendor’s booth atChicano Park, CaliforniaHighway Patrol Officer JakeSanchez said. He was taken tothe hospital with major in-juries and arrested on suspi-cion of driving under the influ-ence causing deaths and in-juries, the officer said.Authorities identified him asRichard Anthony Sepolio, 25,a US Navy member stationedat the naval base on CoronadoIsland across the bay from SanDiego. “It’s horrible. It’s hor-

rific. We had innocent peopledown here having a good timeand now they’re gone,”Sanchez said. Eight people onthe ground were injured. Onesuffered major trauma andseven others had minor tomoderate injuries, said LeeSwanson, a spokesman for thecity’s Fire-RescueDepartment. Witnesses saidthe GMC pickup truck withTexas license plates landed ona vendor’s booth set up for LaRaza Run, a motorcycle ridethat ends with a celebration atthe park and typically drawshundreds of participants.

The crash steps away froma stage where a rockabillyband was playing. “I saw atruck come right off the free-way. It was going so fast it flewover the stage and landed infront of the stage on a tent, abooth that was set up,” ChaseDameron told The San DiegoUnion-Tribune.

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A group of Nigerian par-ents are excitedly waiting tobe reunited with 21 school-girls kidnapped by BokoHaram two years ago andfreed in the first negotiatedrelease organized by the gov-ernment and the Islamic ex-tremist group. "When weheard that they found someof the girls and our daughterwas among them ... we want-ed the day to break in a hur-ry to see if the government isgoing to call us to come seeour daughter," father MutaAbana told The AssociatedPress. The girls were re-leased Thursday and flownto Abuja, Nigeria's capital,but it's taken days for theparents to arrive. Most ar-rived Sunday after drivinghours over potholed roadsslowed by military check-points and the danger of at-tack by the insurgents, saidcommunity leaderTsambido Hosea Abana. Theparents came from the re-mote northeastern town ofChibok, where nearly 300girls were kidnapped onApril 2014 in a mass abduc-tion that shocked the world.Dozens of schoolgirls es-caped in the first few hoursbut after last week's release,197 remain captive.

Truck plunges off San Diegobridge into crowd below; fourdead, nine injured

British PM Theresa Mayto pay maiden visit toIndia from November 6

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Glimpses of Future

Amit Mishra picked up 3 for 49 with his loopy legspin, India v New Zealand, 1st ODI, Dharamsala, October 16, 2016

Dharamsala, Oct 16 : (PTI)

India's Kedar Jadhav cel-ebrates with team mates thedismissal of New Zealandbatsman J Neesham in thefirst ODI match inDharamsala on Sunday.

Virat Kohli held cen-trestage with a delightful un-beaten 85 after a collectivebowling effort as India cruisedto an easy six-wicket victoryover New Zealand taking a 1-0lead in the five-match ODI se-ries, here tonight.After bowl-ing out New Zealand for 190 in43.5 overs, India reached thetarget in a mere 33.1 overs in amatch that turned out to bethoroughly one-sided. If debu-tant all-rounder HardikPandya (3/31) stole the lime-light in the bowling depart-ment, it was another flawlesseffort from 'Chase Master'Kohli, whose 85-run knockcame off 81 balls. He strucknine fours before effortlesslylofting Ish Sodhi for his onlysix to finish the match instyle.It was rearguard actionfrom New Zealand that sawthem reach 190 after beingdown at 106 for 8. If not for TomLatham, who remained un-beaten on 79 and Tim Southee(55), New Zealand would have

never imagined to reach nearthe 200-run mark.Southeeplayed the role of an aggressorand together with Lathamstitched quickfire 71 runs offjust 58 balls for the ninth wick-et to give New Zealandbowlers something to bowlat.But India hardly had anyproblems in overwhelmingthe target with vice-captainKohli again showing his

supreme command in the 50-over format.India got off to abrisk start in their pursuit for191-run target with RohitSharma (14) and AjinkyaRahane (33) adding 49 runs forthe opening stand.Rahanelooked in ominous touch as hedealt in boundaries initially,hitting Doug Bracewell fortwo fours in the fourth over.Rahane's was a short but

sweet knock which had classwritten all over it. Of his twosixes, one was hit straightdown the ground while theother was well lofted over cov-ers.Rohit struck the first sixfor India, top-edging Southeeover fine-leg. Rahane followedsuit and pulled Bracewell fortwo hits over fence in the nextover – the first one over fineleg and next over deep square

leg.But Bracewell put an endto the partnership when he re-moved Rohit, trapping thebatsman in front of the wicketwith a full lengthdelivery.Rohit's departurebrought Kohli at the middleand the vice-captain openedhis score with a scorchingdrive to the coverboundary.Rahane, who wasgoing great guns, feel victim toa loose shot and poked aJimmy Neesham delivery toLuke Ronchi and poked aJimmy Neesham delivery toLuke Ronchi behind the wick-ets.Kohli and Manish Pandeythen added 40 runs for the 3rdwicket before the latter gave asimple catch to KaneWilliamson inside the circleoff leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.Kohli carried on from wherehe left in the Test series andhit Bracewell straight downthe ground before cover un-leashing a lethal drive to thecover boundary as Indiareached 118 for three in 21overs.As indicated on the eveof the match, skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni pro-moted himself to the No.5 posi-tion and together with Kohlishared 60 runs for the fourthwicket to take India closer tothe target.

Kohli anchors India to 6-wicket win over NZ, lead series 1-0SHANGHAI, October 16 :

World No. 1 NovakDjokovic suffered a shock 6-4,6-4 loss to Spaniard RobertoBautista Agut and his fiercerival Andy Murray beatFrance’s Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-3in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday.SerbianDjokovic, 12-times GrandSlam champion, made 29 un-forced errors against the 15thseed and converted just two ofnine break points.

He saved three matchpoints before Bautista Agutbroke his serve for the fourthtime to wrap up victory in onehour 48 minutes.Djokovic,who smashed his racquet af-ter losing the first set and torehis shirt during the match,was left fuming after umpireCarlos Bernardes gave him atime violation when changinghis shirt. “He was the star ofthe show. That’s what hewanted to be today,” the 29-year-old told reporters. “Butthere are definitely thingsthat I need to regain from theemotional, mental point ofview.”Bautista Agut said ag-gressive tactics were key tohim picking up his first victo-ry in six attempts againstDjokovic.“I tried to force himto play his best tennis. I think

in the first set he played somegood tennis.“He played a littlebit better than me,” BautistaAgut said.“But then I knewthat I had to increase my level.I had to play more aggres-sive.”

World No. 2 Murray tooka strong hold of his matchagainst Simon after breakingthe Frenchman’s serve toclinch a tight first set.Murray,

bidding for his thirdShanghai Masters title, car-ried his momentum into thesecond set as he brokeSimon’s serve twice to wrapup the match in one hour 43minutes.The results (semifi-nals):At Shanghai: ATPShanghai Masters: RobertoBautista bt Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4; Andy Murray bt GillesSimon 6-4, 6-3.

Bautista Agut stuns Djokovic; Murray through

NEW DELHI, October 16, 2016

NorthEast United(NEUFC) rallied to play out athrilling 1-1 draw with DelhiDynamos, featuring in its firsthome match of the season, to re-main on top of the table in theIndian Super League here onSaturday.Kean Lewis put Delhiahead in the 38th minute butUruguayan striker EmilianoAlfaro cancelled it out in the51st minute as more than 27,000witnessed a high-voltage en-counter at the JawaharlalNehru Stadium.NEUFC re-mains on top with 10 pointsfrom five matches, while Delhihas jumped to third spot withfive points from threegames.Both started the matchslowly, trying to build the tem-

po and looking to break downthe opposition citadel.NEUFClooked likely to get the open-

ings initially,but it was Delhiwho got the first chance to takethe lead.It came off a set piece,

with the NEUFC ’keeper com-mitting a blunder.Marcelo’scorner saw Paul come off hisline and completely miss theflight of the ball. The ball fell forLewis at the far post, whoslammed it into the far cornerof the net with his secondtouch.The intensity of thematch did not drop in the sec-ond half with end-to-end attack-ing from both sides and it wasdifficult to differentiate be-tween the two sides.To the dis-appointment of their homefans, who matched NEUFCfans in lung power throughoutthe match, Delhi conceded theequaliser in the 51st minutewith Real Madrid defenderRocha committing a blunderfor the second time in thematch .

Indian Super League: NEUFC stays top after draw

New Delhi Oct 16 :

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made it clearthat one-state one-vote, one-person one-post, age cap and cooling-off period remained contentious issues. The BCCI maintained itsdefiant approach towards the Supreme Court-appointed LodhaCommittee, as it decided to continue its opposition to some of thekey reforms suggested by the panel after a meeting here onSaturday. “We maintain that there are certain recommendationsthat are practically not implementable. Our legal counsel, KapilSibal, will continue with the argument on Monday,” a seniorboard official said after the meeting, attended by representativesof its full members. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BC-CI) made it clear that one-state one-vote, one-person one-post, agecap and cooling-off period remained contentious issues. Thecourt, in its last hearing, had effectively told the BCCI to either fallin line or face consequences with regard to the implementation ofreforms. But by continuing its stand-off, the board has set thestage for a confrontation that may result in its top brass being re-moved. With the court scheduled to hear the case on Monday, thiswas the last chance for BCCI officials to discuss the issues theyfeel will affect the body’s functioning. Till now, only Tripura,Vidarbha and Rajasthan have adopted the Lodha committee rec-ommendations in their letter and spirit. BCCI president AnuragThakur’s affidavit, to be submitted in the Supreme Court, was al-so a focal point of discussions and a Board official, withoutdwelling on details, said it would be submitted in the apex courton Monday when the next hearing is scheduled .

BCCI continues to oppose Lodha reforms

BILASPUR (HP), October 16 :

Tamil Nadu got carried away by thesmooth flow following a crackling centu-ry by Dinesh Karthik and put itself in aspot of trouble, as Railways closed thethird day at 108 for no loss, chasing a tar-get of 401 in the Ranji Trophy cricketleague match at the Lohna ground hereon Saturday.It was natural to feel that thematch was in control when Tamil Nadumade 452 in its second innings, eventhough skipper Abhinav Mukund wascaught short of his crease while celebrat-ing his century in the first over of theday.Railways was well within the rules,as Abhinav did not complete the thirdrun when the wicket-keeper passed theball to the bowler to effect the run out.The umpires consulted the match refereebefore ruling the batsman out.It washigh-quality fare by Dinesh Karthik, who

reached his century in 82 ballsand made 163 off 145 beforemissing the line to leg-spinnerKarn Sharma.With DineshKarthik driving and cuttingwith assurance, smashing 24boundaries, confidence rubbedoff on the rest of the team.SinceRailways had taken a 52-runfirst-innings lead, Tamil Naduhad to set a target that was chal-lenging and with not muchtime on hand. Yet, the slow bat-ting in the last hour of the in-nings was shocking from ateam in such a commanding po-sition.Malolan Rangarajan didkeep a brisk pace from his sidewith a half century that wasstudded with six boundaries and a six.Aswin Crist scored four off 43 balls.Whatwas surprising, at least for the Tamil

Nadu team, was that Railways racedthrough to 100 without loss in 25 overs,hitting 17 boundaries.

Dharamasala Oct 16 :

New Zealand areeager to put behindtheir woeful perform-ance in Tests andflaunted confidencein their limited-oversabilities that have putthem ahead of Indiain the world rank-ings. Wicket-keeper-batsman Luke Ronchiminced no words inrecounting their suc-cess in the one-dayersadding that it wouldmake for an interesting series. The Black Caps were blanked 3-0in the Tests but Ronchi made it clear that one-day format is a dif-ferent ball game.

"Our ODI cricket has been good for quite a while now. Wedid not play that well in this Test series but in the past we havedone great job in Tests as well. After losing 0-3 we are going tolook at this ODI series and make sure we perform well and fin-ish off the tour on a high,” said Ronchi.

"It's a completely different ball game now, completely differ-ent cricket, a cricket which we have been playing really well fora while now. Tests are gone now. We can't do anything about it.We are a good ODI team and if we can continue playing the waywe have been, it's going to make for an interesting series."

New Zealand will be without some of their regular playersbut have been boosted by the return of fast bowler Tim Southeeand swashbuckling Corey Anderson. "We have got some newplayers in the group as well who can bring new energy.

Some guys in this group are quite seniors and have beenthere for long enough to know their roles and know how to playcricket. We have got some injuries in our bowling departmentbut the guys that have come in are fantastic cricketers and havedone really well for New Zealand. We have confidence in theirabilities,” said Ronchi who pointed his role in the team as thatof a finisher.

"That's always been my role in the side for the last few years,batting at No.7 and finishing off the innings. My role is the samefrom middle to late order, hitting and finishing off the innings.”

The Black Caps will also be greeted by some new faces in theIndian side but Ronchi didn’t view it as problem. "We are actual-ly quite lucky that we have got the IPL and those guys are bigIPL players we have played against. These days you don't reallygo into a series not knowing anything about a player."

'We are a good ODI team'

Karthik 163 helps TN set Railways 401

NEW DELHI, October 16 :

Suresh Dhakshineswar had to be at his fighting best to beattop seed Siddhant Banthia 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(1) in the under-16 boys fi-nal of the Fenesta National sub-junior tennis championship atthe DLTA Complex here on Saturday.Siddhant showed that sizedoes not matter as he teased the towering Suresh, with an im-posing height of 6’ 3’’, before the latter pulled through at thepost, in a battle of wits that lasted two hours and 35 minutes.“Iam happy to win the biggest tournament in India”, said Suresh,who had lost in the semifinals of the under-18 event.The girlsunder-16 title was bagged by Salsa Aher as she outplayedPrinkle Singh for the loss of two games.Sarah Dev fought pastSharannya Gaware in three sets for the under-14 girls title,while Ajay Malik beat V.M. Sandeep in straight sets for the boysunder-14 title.The Chairman and Managing Director of DCMShriram group, Ajay Shriram, and the president of the AsianTennis Federation (ATF), Anil Khanna, presented the prizes.

Suresh Dhakshineswarbeats Siddhant in the final

Chahal and Pahal

have Hyderabad

on the matJAMSHEDPUR, October 16 :

Struggling against pace andspin alike, Hyderabad played intoHaryana’s hands and stared at de-feat after the penultimate day ofthe four-day Ranji Trophy leaguematch here on Saturday.Trailingby 140 runs, Hyderabad was 102for five in the second innings withits leading batsmen, includingskipper S. Badrinath, back in thedressing room.

Medium-pacer Sanjay Pahaland leg-spinner YuzvendraChahal struck twice after captainMohit Sharma provided an earlybreakthrough.On Sunday,Hyderabad needs another 38 runsto make Haryana batagain.Earlier, Haryana resumedits first innings at 236 for four andfolded at 341, with left-arm spinnerMehdi Hasan bagging a career-best six for 93. Chaitanya Bishnoiscored 73, dotted with 12 bound-aries. His run-out triggered off acollapse with the remaining fivewickets adding only 53 runs.Thefact that Hyderabad had notlearnt from the first innings deba-cle was underlined by the mannerin which opener TanmayAgarwal tossed away his wicketby pulling into the waiting handsof long-leg off Mohit.

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Salim Khan is one of the coolest daddies I have everseen. Even Salman Khan admits that his dad is the mostcool and calm person. Salim has always stood for sonSalman during his thick and thin. In fact he alwayscomes out in his defense, which is actually adorable.This time Mr. Salim Khan is super pissed and the reasonbehind this is Asaduddin Owaisi. Not may are awareOwaisi is an Indian politician and also the president ofAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. Salim Khan isangry with Owaisi that he abused his son Salman. Theveteran scriptwriter too a dig at him for using foul lan-guage against his son on Twitter, “Owaisi is upset withModiji and abuses Salman. Owaisi a self proclaimedleader of Muslims. God help the Muslims”. He evencalled him a self-proclaimed Muslim leader. SalimKhan further lashed at Owaisi for using abusive lan-guage against his son when he had gone to meet PrimeMinister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad for a kite flyingcelebration ahead the release of his film Jai Ho (2014).Indeed Salman’s father in a Dabangg mood and we won-der who will manage to cool him down.

The Desi Girl is flying high! PriyankaChopra is finally going to appear as aguest on one of the most popular shows inAmerican television, The Ellen DegeneresShow. Hosted by comedienne EllenDeGeneres (voice of Dory in FindingNemo and its sequel, Finding Dory), thetalk show enjoys a very healthy fan baseover the years and a good hold on the rat-ings as well. The show has won a total of 38Daytime Emmy Awards, including fourfor Outstanding Talk Show and three forOutstanding Talk Show Entertainment.The host Ellen DeGeneres herself has wonthe Daytime Emmy Award forOutstanding Talk Show Host four times.The Ellen Degeneres Show is in its 14th

season, and has been renewed till 2020,that’s how popular the show is. However,rarely have any Indian celebs appeared onthe talk show to spar with Ellen with thesole exception of child wonders AkshatSingh who impressed Ellen with his danc-ing and Kicha, a very young chef fromKerala, who played around with her culi-nary tastes. So Priyanka Chopra is techni-cally the first Bollywood celeb to be aguest on the show. Priyanka Chopra her-self confirmed the news when she retweet-ed a report from HeadlinePlanet.com thatmentions when Priyanka will appear onthe show, which is on October 15 by theway. The report says ‘Listings issued totelevision providers say “Quantico” star

Priyanka Chopra and “The Voice” coachMiley Cyrus will appear on upcoming“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” episodes.Per the listings, Chopra will appear on theOctober 25 edition of “Ellen.” Other guestsscheduled for that day include VinceVaughn and musical act Joseph.’However the schedule is subject tochange, as the report further states, “AsPriyanka Chopra fans know all too well(see: recent listings announcing her for“Late Night With Seth Meyers”), listingsissued to TV providers are subject tochange and thus best viewed as tentative.The website for “The Ellen DeGeneresShow” will confirm the 10/24-28 lineups inthe next few days.

Priyanka Chopra becomes the firstBollywood star to make her debuton The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Yes, it is happening. While we knew DeepikaPadukone would be appearing on Salman Khan‘sBigg Boss 10, we did not know that she would be en-tering the house too… But that’s not it! DeepikaPadukone will also be staying inside the Bigg Boss10 house for one whole day. While, Deepika has en-tered the premises twice earlier too, this is the firsttime she will stay in the BB house for a whole day.And yes, for the first time ever, a BIG Bollywoodstar like DP will stay inside this controversialhouse. Cool na? We were already excited for thenew season coz of the fabulous new concept, butnow this news has taken our excitement to a wholenew level! So, first we will see Deepika perform ona medley of her songs on the Bigg Boss 10 stage, fol-lowed by a sweet banter with Salman. Deepika willthen launch the second trailer of xXx: Return ofXander Cage, which features some of her coolest se-quences, on the BB10 show. Post that, she will enterthe Bigg Boss 10 house with her bag. Obviously, shedid reveal that she is nervous yet excited about herstay inside the house. But as she enters the gardenarea, the celebs and common people are stunned.They will welcome her into the house and pamperher too. Everyone’s attention will obviously be onDeepika, but we are excited to know if she will be apart of a task too or not. We would love to see her ac-tion packed side inside the house too, but we don’tknow if that will happen or not. However, Deepikawill be seen interacting with the people, sharingsome tips and tricks and also talking about her filmand work. Cool na? Deepika will join the 20 contest-ants, which comprises of 13 commoners and 7celebrities. The celebs this year include – KaranMehra, Rohan Mehra, Gaurav Chopra, VJ Bani,Antara Biswas, Rahul Dev and Lopamudra Raut.While the 13 commoners who were selectedthrough interviews include – Kajol Tyagi, RuchikaSingh, Priyanka Jagga, Lokesh Kumari Sharma,Nitibha Kaul, Mandira Chauhan, Manoj ‘Manu’Punjabi, Manveer Gurjar, Navin Prakash, PramodDahiya, Nikhil Mehta, Dev Devgan and FirozKhan.

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Baby was one of Akshay Kumar’sbiggest blockbusters in the last couple ofyears, and now the film is ready to have

a spin-off, something which is rare tosee as a trend in Bollywood. As we havereported before, the spin-off will focus

Taapsee Pannu‘s character in the origi-nal film and is called Naam Shabana. Ifyou remember, Taapsee Pannu was oneof the best things to watch in the origi-nal films, and she impressed us with hertough-as-nails character in Baby. Hernatural looking fight sequence withSushant Singh (not Rajput) was an high-light in the film, and like AkshayKumar’s character in the film, even wewere left stunned by the end of the se-quence. Though Taapsee’s role wasmore of an extended cameo in the film,now Akshay Kumar will return thefavour as he will play a cameo in herspin off film. Akshay Kumar will bereprising his role of anti-terrorism taskforce agent Ajay Singh Rajput in NaamShabana. The actor has already startedshooting for his role in the film in KualaLumpur, Malaysia, along with TaapseePannu. Akshay Kumar has posted a pic-ture from the sets there along withNeeraj Pandey and Taapsee Pannu. Hecaptioned the image as ‘In order!! TheMasterMind, The Hero and the Cameo…Team #NaamShabana workin it on thestreets of #KualaLumpur’. So as you canguess, Neeraj Pandey, who directed theoriginal Baby is the ‘mastermind’.However he will serve in a producer’scapacity for Naam Shabana. TaapseePannu, looking pretty in that new hair-cut, is the ‘hero’. She has already givenan impressive performance earlier thisyear, with PINK, so we are looking for-ward to watch her in this one as well.And finally Akshay Kumar, in his fa-mous moustachioed avatar, is the‘cameo’.

The team of Bollywood film “Force 2” plans to visit the AmarJawan Jyoti in the national capital soon to pay tribute to the country’sunsung heroes. They will also launch a petition requesting the govern-ment to recognise the uncelebrated martyrs of the country. The film’steam is keen that the names of these unsung heroes should get recog-nised. They also plan to take this petition to the President. Actor JohnAbraham, who leads the cast of the movie, said in a statement: “Eventoday, there are many unrecognised and forgotten martyrs from vari-ous intelligence agencies who need to gain recognition, if not celebrat-ed.” It’s our humble request to the system to recognise those who havesacrificed their lives while serving the nation. It’s disheartening thatthese people put their lives at stake, without giving second thoughts towhether their efforts or sacrifice will ever be recognised. “We under-stand that revealing names of people who are currently serving, maylead to political or security issues. However, it’s a meek request thatthe long due pending cases of people get resolved, giving them theirneeded status and recognition in our society,” John added. Themovie’s director Abhinay Deo expressed concern for family membersof the martyrs. “Why should they endure pain? As a country we musttake care of them, and acknowledge the blood they have shed,” Deosaid. Producer Vipul Shah said: “Once these spies are caught and dis-owned by the government, their family suffers a great deal. Politicalcompulsions may keep us from celebrating such people, but theyshouldn’t deter us from respecting their work.” Shah also mentionedthat the surgical attacks by India on terror camps in Pakistan lastmonth were possible only due to the information provided by intelli-gence.

Ranbir Kapoor, AnushkaSharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchanand Fawad Khan starrer Ae Dil HaiMushkil was in a huge trouble.Ever since the unfortunate Uri at-tack happened which was report-edly initiated by Pakistan. EveryIndian is fuming, most of the politi-cal parties have come out in rageand demanded a ban on all thePakistani artist, which includesFawad Khan. Karan Johar’sADHM has Fawad in a pivotal roleand the MNS political party weredemanding to remove all his scenesand release the film. Howeverthings seemed to sorted now andthe film will be releasing on thesame day i.e October 28. PersonallyI feel banning Pakistani artist isnot a solution. Anyway the bestpart is that Karan and ADHM teamhas received immense supportfrom the industry. The latest one totalk in his support is love birdsSidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt.Last night they graced the event,where they both were asked aboutthe ban. Interestingly they hadcommon answers. Sidharth said, “As an actor and being a part of thefraternity, I feel it’s not fair to a

filmmaker. The (ADHM) film willwas made a year before and that timethe political scenario was very dif-ferent. I have worked with that actor(Fawad Khan) and the film was re-leased this year. I feel it’s very unfairto a filmmaker who is making a ro-mantic film and has nothing to dowith the political scenario. Also weare not stopping any other ties withthat country but only movies. As apart of the fraternity I hope we havea release, it’s a wonderful story, weall will get to see made by Mr. KaranJohar”. Now this is what Alia has tosay, “ On a personal level, I find thisfilm very beautiful. I have seen inbits and piece .It is a very beautifuland emotional film. On the other lev-el, I feel as a proud resident of thiscountry and as a privileged memberof this industry, whatever is happen-ing with the film is unfair, coz thefilm was shot a year before when theclimate was nice and I also knowthat the current climate is not thatgood” Well looks like the lovebirdshad rehearsed their answers, as itwas ditto. Or as we say when you arein love, you think common. WellAlia and Sid have proved this sayingabsolutely right.

Mastermind, Hero, Cameo Akshay Kumar assigns roles toNeeraj Pandey, Taapsee and himself for Naam Shabana

Bigg Boss 10: DeepikaPadukone to stay insideSalman Khan’s BB10 house

Salim Khan blastsAsaduddin Owaisi forabusing Salman Khan

Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt have somethingin common to say on Ae Dil Hai Hai Mushkil ban

John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinhato pay tribute to the country’sunsung heroes as part of Force2 promotional campaign

Glimpses of Future

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army camp or security establishment. During the investigationit was found that the terrorists had sneaked into the army campby cutting the perimeter fencing of the highly-guarded installa-tion at one place. In an indication that the terrorists were wellaware of the layout of the base close to the LoC, the assailantshad locked the kitchen and store from outside to prevent the sol-diers present inside from leaving before setting the structureson fire, they said. The investigators also said the four terroristsmight have sneaked in from PoK on the intervening night ofSeptember 16/17 and stayed put at village Sukhdar, overlook-ing the Brigade headquarter. Sukhdar village is located at avantage point allowing an unhindered view of the army baseand movement of personnel inside it.

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that countries must act both "individually and collectively"."Criminality should be the only basis for punitive actionagainst the individuals and organizations responsible for car-rying out terrorist acts. Terrorist funding, their weapons sup-ply, training and political support must be systematically cutoff," he said. Modi also called for early adoption of the draftComprehensive Convention on International Terrorism say-ing doing so will be an expression of "our resolve" to fight themenace. "In the world we inhabit today, security and counter-terrorism cooperation is necessary if we are to secure the livesof our citizens. Terrorism casts a long shadow on our develop-ment and economic prosperity. "Its reach is now global. It hasgrown more lethal and adept at the use of technology. Our re-sponse to terrorism must, therefore, be nothing less than com-prehensive," the Prime Minister said. He said selective ap-proaches to terrorist individuals and organizations will not on-ly be futile but also counter-productive and that there must beno distinction based on "artificial and self-serving grounds". Inthis respect, Modi said there was a need to deepen the securitycooperation among the National Security Advisors. During hisbilaterals with Putin and Xi yesterday, Modi had strongly artic-ulated India's concerns over terrorism emanating fromPakistan. The Prime Minister stressed that those supportingterrorism have to be "punished, not rewarded." "The growingarc of terrorism today threatens Middle East, West Asia,Europe and South Asia," he said. "Its violent footprint puts atrisk the security of our citizens and undercuts our efforts aimedat economic growth," he added.

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many as 115 families have become homeless. The locals appre-hended that the epidemic may not spread with the foul smell ofburnt cattles in the village, following the devastating fire. “Theadministration should take steps to deal with the situation,” thelocals added. An officer said that “Last night, the dry grass

caught fire and it spread in the entire village. Around 80 resi-dential houses, one masjid, two Anganwadi centres, oneZayarat, some shops, and other structured have been completedgutted in the ablaze.” He said 115 families became homeless. Hesaid that they have provided needed relief to the affected fami-lies. “We will provide them rented accommodations in the ad-joining villages for six months. The administration will alsoprovide them cash assistance for construction of houses afterproper assessment,” he said.

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tions have been shut in the Valley. Authorities also imposedcurfew and restrictions on most of these 100 days, throwing nor-mal life out of gear in the Valley. However, there was no curfewanywhere in Kashmir today, a police official said, adding re-strictions on the assembly of people under Section 144 CrPcwere in force throughout the Valley as a precautionary meas-ure to maintain law and order. He said there was improvementin the situation with each passing day as more people were defy-ing the Hurriyat-sponsored strike and coming out to carry theirday-to-day activities. There is increased movement of publictransport, except buses, on the days when there are no restric-tions. Some shops also opened in some areas in the civil linesand outskirts of the city, the official said. He said security forceshave been deployed in sensitive areas to maintain law and or-der as also to instill a sense of security among the people so thatthey can carry out their day to day activities without fear. Theauthorities had on Friday night restored outgoing call facilityon prepaid mobile phone connections after three months inview of the improving situation. However, mobile Internetservices continued to remain suspended across Kashmir.

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Khanduri was briefed by Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen BipinRawat on the surgical strikes. The Uri Army base was attackedby heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists on September 18 in which19 soldiers were killed. In retaliatory action, the Indian armycarried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoCon the intervening night of September 28 and 29. A politicalslugfest is on between the ruling and opposition parties eversince. Rahul Gandhi had accused Prime Minister NarendraModi of indulging in political exploitation of the sacrifices madeby soldiers. His "khoon ki dalali" remark had drawn strong criti-cism from the government, BJP and some other parties.

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taking bath when they drowned. Their bodies were fished outfrom the water and shifted to the PHC Dansal for legal formali-ties. Pertinently, Stanzin was the student of Economics inUniversity of Jammu and Tundup was the student of 2nd yearstudent of Science College.

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Minister for Industriesand Commerce ChanderPrakash Ganga inauguratedthe State level Exhibition -cum -Sale organised by theDepartment of Handicrafts atHigher Secondary SchoolKatra. Minister of State forFinance and Planning, Lawand Parliamentary Affairs,IT, Tribal Affairs, Labour andEmployment, Relief andRehabilitation Ajay Nanda,Deputy Commissioner ReasiRavinder Kumar andDirector Handicrafts

Mushtaq Ahmed Shah werealso present on the occasion.

The Minister inspectedall the stalls installed by theartisans and craftsman dis-playing their beautiful prod-ucts. Speaking on the occa-sion, Ganga said that such ex-hibitions help in promotingthe traditional handicrafts ofthe state besides assisting theartisans and craftsman tofetch good returns for theirproducts. Such exhibitionsalso provide an opportunityto the buyers to come in di-rect contact with the sellersand hence, facilitate the in-teraction between the buyer

and the seller, added theMinister. He said thatGovernment is putting con-certed efforts to promotehandicrafts and soon theprocess of GoI certificationand barcoding would be tak-en up so that the artisans canbe benefitted.

The Minister, further,urged the artisans and crafts-men to avail the benefits ofthe various schemeslaunched by the departmentmeant for their socio -eco-nomic upliftment.

In his address AjayNanda said that such an exhi-bition should also be organ-

ized at Shiv Khori duringShivratri festival as largenumber of people visit thearea during the festival. Hefurther said that awarenesscamps highlighting the vari-ous schemes of Handicraftsdepartment should also beorganized at far-flung areasfor generating awarenessamong the common massesregarding these schemes. Acultural programme was alsoorganized by the InformationDepartment on this occasion.

Earlier, the DirectorHandicrafts informed that itwas for the first time thatsuch an exhibition was or-ganized at Katra. He alsohighlighted the variousschemes of the Handicraftsdepartment and exhorted up-on the artisans to avail bene-fits of these schemes.

Dy CEO SMVDSB PankajGupta, Development Officer(NT) Handicrafts JammuChampa Devi Thakur,Development OfficerHandicrafts Jammu DèepikaRana, SDM Katra NeelamKhajuria, officers from thedepartment members of vari-ous societies, artisans andpeople in large number werepresent on the occasion.

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Rajya Sabha MPDigvijay Singh on Saturdaybroke his silence on thePakistani artistes contro-versy. The 69-year-old politi-cian extended his support tothe Pak actors by sayingthat they are 'unnecessarilybeing hounded' in India.

Digvijay also stated thatthese stars can be our bestambassadors in Pakistan."Pakistani Actors in Indiaare unnecessarily beinghounded. They can be ourbest Ambassadors in a hos-tile Country like Pakistan,"he tweeted. India-Pakistantensions have worsened fol-lowing a terror attack whichkilled 19 Indian soldiers.The Indian Army then car-ried out surgical attacks onterrorist launch pads inPakistani territory.Pakistani Actors in Indiaare unnecessarily beinghounded. They can be ourbest Ambassadors in a hos-tile Country like Pakistan.Even the Cinema Ownersand Exhibitors Associationof India (COEAI) on Fridayannounced that movies fea-turing Pakistani actors -starting with Karan Johar'sforthcoming "Ae Dil HaiMushkil" - won't be screenedin single screen theatres inMaharashtra, Goa andGujarat. Welcoming the de-cision, the MaharashtraNavnirman Sena also saidthe move "reflects and re-spects peoples" sentiments.

However, a HomeMinistry official has saidthe government has noproblem in issuing visas toPakistani artistes.

The MNS had earlierwarned Pakistani actors toquit India and said it wouldnot let movies - including'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' and'Raees' - to release.

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A day after senior partyleader Ramgopal Yadav sug-gested Akhilesh Yadav bemade the chief ministerialcandidate, Samajwadi Partystate president ShivpalYadav, on Sunday said he willhimself propose Akhilesh'sname for the post of chief min-ister if the party is voted topower again.

"Ramgopal is party's na-tional general secretary. He

can write to party nationalpresident and give him ad-vice. There is nothing wrongin it. I will myself proposename of Akhilesh as CM, ifparty is voted to power in2017," Shivpal told reporters.

Ramgopal, in a letter toMulayam, yesterday said hewould be held responsible ifthe party's fortunes plungedin the forthcoming assemblyelections.

"Akhilesh is undoubtedlythe most popular leader of the

state and under him UttarPradesh has seen unprece-dented development works. IfSP has to win the elections,Akhilesh must be made itsCM face," the letter said.

"You can take any deci-sion, but if SP's tally fell below100, you alone would be heldresponsible. The same peoplewho worship you for raisingSamajwadi Party and wouldhold you responsible for itsdecline also.

"History is ruthless. It

spares no one," Ramgopalsaid in the letter while takingpot shots on his "advisors"stating that "they had no val-ue in the eyes of people".

Shivpal was here to at-tend a workers meet in whichleaders of Quami Ekta Dal al-so addressed the gathering.

In his address Shivpalcame down heavily on bu-reaucrats alleging that aftertaking all the facilities theyalso take "commissions" forexecuting works.

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The curtailed tradingweek saw the Sensex fallingbelow the psychological 28k-level amid intense volatility,losing 387.54 points, while thebroader Nifty going below thekey 8,600-level. The heavilycurtailed three session trad-ing week saw the marketopening on lacklustre note assentiment bridled due to holi-days and government releaseof key economic data like IIP,CPI and WPI and keenlywatched corporate results,while the key indices startedpositive and traded choppylater part of week. The stockExchanges remained closedon Tuesday and Wednesdayfor "Dussehra" and"Moharrum" during theweek. The initial positive-ness shortlived and the indexsuffered sharp losses duringsecond session trade due tointense volatility and sellingpressure impacted by poorChinese trade data and USrate hike fears as well as sub-dued August domesticIndustrial production (IIP)data. However, easingSeptember 4.31 percent CPIand 3.57 WPI inflation alongwith mixed start of quarterlyresults somehow failed tocheer the investors senti-ment due to weak revenueguidance outlook from ITbellwether Infosys, however,the index did consolidatewith minor gains duringweekend trade despite incur-ring weekly losses.

The BSE benchmarkSensex resumed higher at28,144.28 and hovered be-tween 28,216.64 and 27,548.18before ending the week at27,673.60, showing a loss of387.54 points or 1.38 percent.The NSE Nifty also droppedby 114.20 points or 1.31 per-cent to end the week at8,583.40. Selling was led byRealty, Bankex, Power, Auto,Metal, FMCG followed by sec-

ondline shares of midcap andsmallcap companies. Buyinginterest was witnessed inOil&Gas, IT, Power andCapital Goods sectorsMeanwhile, foreign portfolioinvestors (FPIs) and foreigninstitutional investors (FIIs)sold shares worth Rs 2,276.52crore during the week, as perSebi's record including theprovisional figure of October14. In the broader market, theBSE mid-cap index lost 123points or 0.91 percent to settleat 13,419.62. The BSE small-cap index fell 45.64 points or0.35 percent to settle at13,176.76. The fall in boththese indices were lower thanthe Sensex's decline in per-centage terms. Among theS&P, BSE sector and industryindices, realty fell by 2.59 per-cent, followed by bankex 1.97percent, power 1.33 percent,auto 1.29 percent, metal 0.97percent, FMCG 0.92 percent,healthcare 0.52 percent andtech 0.36 percent. However,oil and gas rose by 0.80 per-cent followed by IT 0.72 per-cent, capital goods 0.36 per-cent and consumer durables0.03 percent. Among the 30-share Sensex pack, 20 stocksfell and remaining 10 stocksrose during the week. HDFClost 6.15 percent. The compa-ny announced that pursuantto the approval of the board of

directors of the company atits meetings held previously,the company is contemplat-ing, subject to market condi-tions, undertaking the fourthissuance of rupee denominat-ed bonds to overseas in-vestors. It was followed byAdani Ports 4.72 percent,Bharti Airtel 4.30 percent,HUL 4.14 percent, ICICI Bank3.49 percent, Reliance 2.86percent, Bajaj Auto 2.61 per-cent, SBI 2.46 percent andAxis Bank 2.38 percent.

GAIL (India) rose 3.90 per-cent. GAIL (India) onMonday, announced it has re-ceived intimation from theMinistry of Petroleum andNatural Gas that the CabinetCommittee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) approved 40percent capital grant (limitedto Rs 5,176 crore) of the esti-mated capital cost of Rs 12,940crore to GAIL (India) for exe-cution of Jagdishpur-Haldia/Bokaro-Dhamra gaspipeline (JHBDPL) project by2020. It was followed by ONGC3.31 percent, Cipla 2.96 per-cent, Asian Paints 1.88 per-cent and Infosys 1.46 percent.

The total turnover duringthe week on BSE and NSE de-clined to Rs 9,870.75 crore andRs 59,232.39 crore, respective-ly, as against last weekend'slevel of Rs 19,026.44 crore andRs 1,05,459.39 crore.(PTI)

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Speaker LegislativeAssembly, Kavinder Guptatoday inaugurated a freeheart diseases diagnosticcamp at Aggarwal Sabha. Thecamp was organized by theFortis Hospital Ludhiana incollaboration with Pahal a so-cial organization. MLAJammu East, Rajesh Guptawas the guest of honour on theoccasion. A team of expertsfrom Fortis HospitalLudhiana under the leader-ship of Director- CTVS &Senior InterventionCardiologist, Dr V K Sharmaand senior consultant cardi-ology, Dr P S Sandhu werepresent in the camp. All theregistered patients were diag-nosed for basic heart investi-gations, and also sensitizedabout adopting healthy life

style. While speaking on theoccasion, Kavinder Guptasaid that people now a days aresuffering from serious illness-es and timely detection as wellas preventive interventionscan help in saving preciouslives. Speaker also said thatthe problem of heart diseasesin the country has reached epi-demic proportions and there-fore the initiative taken byFortis Hospital Ludhiana and‘Pahal Parivar’ is a step to-

wards educating the peopleabout the various preventivemeasures, thereby detectingand treating cardiac problems,at an early stage. Among oth-ers who present on the occa-sion includes senior leader,Munish Sharma, PresidentPahal Parivar, Vishwamitar,President Aggarwal SabhaJammu, Dewan Chand andChairman PahalOrganization, DeepakAggarwal. Later, the Speaker

inspected several ongoing de-velopmental works in GandhiNagar constituency. He alsoinaugurated lanes and drainsat Old Satwari, ShomaliMohalla and Gadi Garh.

While interacting withthe residents of the areas theSpeaker was apprised aboutthe problems being faced bythem. Responding to the de-mands of the people,Kavinder Gupta assuredthem that genuine problemswould be redressed soon onpriority basis. Meanwhile,the Speaker also inauguratedMasterprep, an institute thatprepares students for thecourses of overseas educa-tion. Speaking on the occa-sion, Kavinder Gupta saidthat such institutes will defi-nitely help the students of thestate in shaping up their ca-reer. Among others who werepresent on the occasion in-cludes MLC, SurinderAmberdar, Director of the in-stitute, Mrs. Ravinderpal andPresident Rotary Club.

Bali, Zulfkar,Sunil anguishedover Kishtwarfire incident

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Minister for Health &Medical Education, BaliBhagat, Minister for Food,Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs,Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali andMinister of State forTransport, Sunil Sharmahave expressed deep shockand sorrow over the Warwanfire incident wherein manyhouses were gutted and sev-eral families of this back-ward village rendered house-less and suffered huge loss ofproperty. Immediately afterhearing the news of the inci-dent, the Ministers spoke toDeputy Commissioner anddirected him to personallyvisit the spot to assess the sit-uation. The DC was directedto take immediate measuresfor providing necessary re-lief and rehabilitation to thesufferers.

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District DevelopmentCommissioner, KathuaRamesh Kumar convened ameeting to review theprogress of ongoing Aadharenrollment work across thedistrict. The meeting dis-cussed in detail about theAadhar seeding of beneficiar-ies covered under schemeslike National SocialAssistance Programme(NSAP), marriage AssistanceScheme, NFSA, MMSFES,PAY, MGNREGA (job cardholders) and other related ini-tiatives. DDC directed theconcerned agency to put inplace requisite machineryand manpower so that targetof the enrollment can beachieved within stipulated

time. He also directed the ven-dor to provide E.B tracker fa-cility to trace those left outfamilies who are still not en-rolled. The DDC directedACD Sunil Kumar to ensurecent percent enrollment intheir respective areas and totake progress figure from re-spective Block DevelopmentOfficer's besides educatingpeople about the schedule ofenrollment camps.

The DDC while empha-sizing on the universal cover-age under Aadhar said that itis very important to link bankaccounts of students and ben-eficiaries of various schemeswith Aadhar numbers for theeffective and transparent im-plementation of the schemes.He also took review of theprogress of enrollment dur-ing special enrollment camps

organized in schools to en-sure 100% enrollment ofschool students. He directedCEO Kathua to provide neces-sary logistic support to catchup with the cut off date of en-rolment i.e 31 October 2016..

Earlier, DSEO KathuaVyas Raj, informed the meet-ing that the district has thetarget of 5,58,435 souls as pertarget digitalized population ,out of which 4.98 lakh hasbeen achieved so far as perECIL report thus registeringa achievement of 89%.

The DDC directedTehsildars to personallymonitor the progress andmaintain record of enroll-ment figure on daily basis. Healso called upon theTehsildars to plan out theirenrolment camps so that nofamily shall be left out.

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Kavinder inaugurates free cardiac check up campInspects variousdevelopment works

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The six day long 'All IndiaPainters Camp 'which was or-ganized by Jammu andKashmir Academy of Arts ,Culture and Languages wasinaugurated today by theSecretary, J&K Academy ofArt, Culture and LanguagesAziz Hajini at Patnitop. Asmany as 12 participants fromwithin and outside the stateparticipated in the event. Theparticipants who participat-ed in the competition areAftab Ahmed from Srinagar,Mangae Ram from Delhi,

Ramesh Bhonsle from Pune,Surjeet Akhre from Punjab,Dr.Ashok Dixit from Delhi ,Asif Iqbal Khan fromSrinagar,O.P Sharma fromJammu ,Shahida Malik , K.K

Gandhi , Kunzas Zangmo,Vinay Khajuria, MaltiSharma from Jammu. ChiefEditor Urdu, M.A Tak con-ducted the proceedings of theprogramme.

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Minister of Finance,Culture and Labor &Employment, Dr HaseebDrabu today appealed forcalm while urging people tojoin hands for restoring peacein Kashmir and give the pres-ent Government the space todeliver. The Minister wasspeaking at a function atTown Hall here after distrib-uting cheques among the ben-eficiaries of social welfareschemes run by the StateGovernment and the Centre.At the function, 71 beneficiar-ies were given cash assis-tance worth Rs 21.53 lakh un-der Indira Awaas Yojanawhile Rs 73.40 lakh were dis-tributed among 664 benefici-aries under EducationalAssistance Scheme of J&K

Building and OtherConstruction WorkersWelfare Board (JK-BOCWWB). Minister forPublic Work andParliamentary Affairs, Mr.Abdul Rehman Veeri,Minister of State for Forest,Environment & Ecology andAnimal & Sheep Husbandry,Mr. Zahoor Ahmad Mir, MLATral, Mr. Mushtaq AhmadShah, Deputy Commissioner,Pulwama Mr. Muneer UlIslam, Secretary JK-BOCWWB Syed MuridHussain and AssistantCommissioner DevelopmentDr. Zahoor Ahmad were alsopresent on the occasion.Briefing the Minister, SyedMuried Hussain gave a briefpresentation about differentschemes run by the board forthe welfare of workers like

Educational Assistance,Marriage Assistance,Disability Assistance andHealthcare Assistance.Giving details, the Secretarysaid that under DisabilityAssistance, the board givesup to Rs 75,000 to the benefici-ary, Rs. 25000 per child for amaximum of three childrenunder Marriage AssistanceScheme and up to Rs 2 lakhunder Healthcare AssistanceScheme. He informed theMinister that the Board ismaking all efforts to bringtransparency in its function-ing while endeavouring tobring all labourers under itsambit. The Secretary in-formed the meeting thataround 12000 workers arepresently registered with theboard in Pulwama district.Expressing the need to sensi-

tize more labourers, especial-ly those working in unorgan-ized sectors, about variousFinancial Assistance schemesrun by the Government fortheir welfare, the Minister di-rected the Secretary to organ-ize awareness camps in thedistrict. Dr Drabu assured allsorts of assistance from theGovernment, stressing thatthe dearth of funds will not bea hurdle in the smooth func-tioning of the Board. TheMinister said the presentcoalition government is dedi-cated to provide good gover-nance to the people. TheFinance Minister also ap-pealed people to work shoul-der to shoulder with theGovernment to maintainpeace so that the CoalitionGovernment takes the State tonew heights of development.

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Gulab Singh, an AAPMLA from Delhi and theparty in-charge in Gujarat,was arrested here onSunday, hours before a rallyby Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal. A DelhiPolice team which hadflown from the national cap-ital made the arrest afterGulab Singh, who has beenin and out of Gujarat formonths, made himself avail-able at the Umra police sta-tion. Aam Aadmi Party lead-ers confirmed Gulab Singh'sarrest. He becomes the 14thAAP legislator in Delhi to bearrested. Earlier, a non-bail-able warrant was issuedagainst Gulab Singh for fail-ing to join an investigationin Delhi in an extortion caseinvolving his associates.Kejriwal had then asked

in a tweet if Gulab Singhwould be arrested ahead ofhis Surat rally. Gulab Singh'sdriver was arrested lastmonth along with an associ-ate in Delhi. Delhi TourismMinister and AAP leaderKapil Mishra accompaniedGulab Singh when the latterreached the Umra police sta-tion shouting "InquilabZindabad" and "Bharat Mataki Jai" on Sunday. Mishralater tweeted that the DelhiPolice, which was in a hurryto arrest Gulab Singh beforeKejriwal's rally, had now toldthe legislator that they wouldreturn to Delhi by train whentickets were available.

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BJP President Amit Shahon Sunday said the NarendraModi government has takensteps to secure the country'sborders and pursued policieswhich have made India thefastest growing economy inthe world. "The Modi govern-ment has taken steps to se-cure the country's borders,"Shah said addressing a publicgathering on the occasion of35th annual fair at AgrohaDham here, an event organ-ised by Agroha Vikas Trust.Shah, who was the chief

guest at the function here, re-ferred to Lance Naik Hemrajwho was killed and then be-headed by Pakistani soldiersin 2013. "Under the NDA gov-ernment led by NarendraModi, no one will dare insultour martyrs like Hemraj. Noone can dare commit any mis-

adventure and our braveforces, due to the govern-ment's strong political will,are ready to meet all chal-lenges," he said. On the Goodsand Services Tax, Shah saidSales Tax, VAT, Octroi,Service Tax and Excise Duty

will be brought under GSTambit and added that "ourgovernment has fulfilled thedreams of traders.""Once it (GST) is imple-

mented from April 1, 2017, itwill further increase the eco-nomic might of India in the

world. It is a bold step takenby the government," he said.He said earlier there weremany obstacles in the path ofthe country on the economicfront. "There were many ob-stacles and the Modi govern-ment removed all of these.After two-and-a-half years (ofrule), today we are the fastestgrowing economy in theworld," he said. Without nam-ing Congress, Shah allegedthat the successive govern-ments at the Centre allegedlyfailed to create enough em-ployment opportunities andsaid those who framed thepolicies earlier were unawarethat the country also be-longed to businessmen andsmall traders.Shah said the BJP govern-

ment had taken several stepsto generate jobs through selfemployment which has em-powered the youth. "Through

Mudra Bank, loans rangingfrom Rs 10,000 to Rs 10 lakhhave been extended to smalltraders without guarantee.During past two-and-a-

half years loans worth Rs 2lakh crore have have beengiven to 4.5 crore youths byour government and this is abig achievement," he said.Shah also touched uponschemes like Stand-up Indiaand Start-up India and Makein India. "In five to ten years,this country will be the topeconomy of the world," hesaid. Shah said more than 250initiatives have been taken bythe Modi government to im-prove trade and because ofthis the country has movedforward in GlobalCompetitive Index. It is be-cause of these efforts that for-eign companies are keen toset up projects in the country,he added.

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Amid the ongoing debateover 'Triple Talaq', FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley onSunday said the governmentis of the clear view that per-sonal laws should be constitu-tionally compliant and in con-formity with norms of genderequality and the right to livewith dignity. In a Facebookpost titled "Triple Talaq andthe Government’s Affidavit",he said that governments inthe past have shied from tak-ing a categorical stand thatpersonal laws must complywith Fundamental Rights butthe present one has taken aclear position on the issue."Personal laws have to be

constitutionally compliantand the institution of TripleTalaq, therefore, will have tobe judged on the yardstick ofequality and the Right to Livewith Dignity. Needless to saythat the same yardstickwould be applicable to all oth-er personal laws," he said.Observing that the constitu-tional validity of 'TripleTalaq' is distinct from theUniform Civil Code, he said asof today, the issue before theSupreme Court is only withregard to the constitutionalvalidity of Triple Talaq. In itsaffidavit in Supreme Court onOctober 7, the Law Ministryargued that polygamy andTriple Talaq should be doneaway with, and said that suchpractices "cannot be regardedas essential or integral part ofthe religion". "The academicdebate with regard to theUniform Civil Code can go onbefore the Law Commission.The question to be answeredis that assuming that each

community has its separatepersonal law, should notthose personal laws be consti-tutionally compliant?"Jaitley said. He said there is afundamental distinction be-tween religious practices, rit-uals and civil rights."Religious functions asso-

ciated with birth, adoption,succession, marriage, death,can all be conducted throughrituals and customs as per ex-isting religious practices."Should rights emanatingfrom birth, adoption, succes-sion, marriage, divorce etc. beguided by religion or by con-stitutional guarantees? Canthere be inequality or com-promise with human dignityin any of these matters?"Jaitley said. Some people mayhold a conservative, if not ob-solete, view that personallaws need not be constitution-ally compliant, he said,adding "the Government'sview is clear. Personal lawshave to be constitutionallycompliant...". Jaitley said theconstitutional framers hadexpressed a hope in theDirective Principles of StatePolicy that the State wouldendeavour to have a UniformCivil Law and on more thanone occasion, the SupremeCourt has enquired from thegovernment its stand on theissue. "Governments have re-peatedly told both the Courtand Parliament that personallaws are ordinarily amendedafter detailed consultationswith affected stakeholders,"he said. As regards theUniform Civil Code, the LawCommission has initiated anacademic exercise to elicitviews of public on the issue."This academic exercise

by the Law Commission is on-ly a continuation of the debatein this country ever sinceConstituent Assembly had ex-pressed the hope that theState would endeavour tohave a Uniform Civil Code,"he said. "Irrespective ofwhether the Uniform CivilCode is today possible or oth-erwise, a pertinent questionarises with regard to reformswithin the personal laws ofvarious communities," hesaid. Jaitley said thatJawaharlal Nehru's govern-ment had brought about ma-jor reforms to the HinduPersonal Laws through leg-islative changes and more re-cently Manmohan Singh'sgovernment came up with leg-islative changes with regardto gender equality in theHindu Undivided Family.Atal Bihari Vajpayee's

government, after active con-sultations with stakeholders,amended the provisions ofmarriage and divorce relat-ing to the Christian commu-nity in order to bring aboutthe gender equality, he added."Reforming the personallaws, even if there is no uni-formity, is an ongoingprocess. With passage of time,several provisions becameobsolete, archaic and even got

rusted. Governments, legisla-tures and communities haveto respond to the need for achange," Jaitley said. As com-munities have progressed,there is a greater realisationwith regard to gender equali-ty. "Additionally, all citizens,more particularly women,have a right to live with digni-ty. Should personal lawswhich impact the life of everycitizen be in conformity withthese constitutional values ofequality and the Right to Livewith dignity? "A conservativeview found judicial supportover six decades ago that per-sonal laws could be inconsis-tent with personal guaran-tees. Today it may be difficultto sustain that proposition.The government's affidavit inthe triple talaq case recognis-es this evolution," Jaitley ex-plained. He said there is a fun-damental distinction betweenreligious practices, ritualsand civil rights. OnSeptember 2, All IndiaMuslim Personal Law Board(AIMPLB) told the SupremeCourt that personal laws of acommunity cannot be "re-written" in the name of socialreforms and opposed pleas onissues including alleged gen-der discrimination faced byMuslim women in divorcecases. AIMPLB, in its counteraffidavit filed in the apexcourt, had said the con-tentious issue relating toMuslim practices ofpolygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala arematters of "legislative policy"and cannot be interferedwith. The AIMPLB has alsodecided to boycott of LawCommission's questionnaireon the Uniform Civil Code.

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India and Russia haveagreed to explore buildingthe world's most expensivepipeline costing close to USD25 billion to ferry natural gasfrom Siberia to the world'sthird biggest energy consum-ing nation. The pipeline is toconnect Russian gas grid toIndia through a 4,500 km to6,000 km pipeline, officialssaid. The shortest route willentail bringing the pipelinethrough Himalayas intoNorthern India, a routewhich poses several techni-cal challenges. Alternately,the pipeline can come viaCentral Asian nations, Iranand Pakistan into WesternIndia. However, the routewill be expensive when com-pared to the long discussedbut shorter and cheaper Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.Tehran may suggest Indiatake its gas through IPIrather than building such anexpensive pipeline, theysaid. The third and thelongest alternative is to lay apipeline through China andMyanmar into North EastIndia bypassing Bangladesh.According to prelimi-

nary cost estimate preparedby state-owned EngineersIndia Ltd, which yesterdaysigned an agreement withRussian gas monopolyGazprom for studying theRussia-India pipeline, thelongest route of 6,000 km maycost close to USD 25 billion.The cost of transporting gasmay be USD 12 per million

British thermal unit, accord-ing to EIL. The MoU signed inthe presence of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andRussian President VladimirPutin at the India-RussiaAnnual Summit on sidelinesof the 8th BRICS Summithere, also envisages ropingin ONGC Videsh Ltd, gas util-ity GAIL India Ltd andPetronet LNG Ltd for thestudy. Sources said naturalgas produced in EastSiberian fields is to bepumped into Russian gasgrid which would be connect-ed to India through the cross-country pipeline network.While the cost of trans-

porting gas via the long dis-cussed IPI pipeline is lessthan USD 1 per mmBtu, thesame for the Turkeministan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India(TAPI) pipeline is aroundUSD 2 per mmBtu. Accordingto industry experts, a realis-tic transportation cost wouldbe USD 4 per mmBtu for theRussia-India gas pipeline.This excludes the transit feeto be paid to nations throughwhich the pipeline will pass.Russia is seeking to ex-

pand energy ties in Asia amidtensions with the Westsparked by Moscow’s annex-ation of Crimea in 2014.Indian companies havesnapped up stakes in produc-tion assets in Siberian fields.The MoU is being seen as anattempt to strengthen ties be-tween the world's largest oilproducer and the world'sfastest growing fuel con-sumer.

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Actress Priyanka Choprahas expressed her displeasureover the demand for a blanketban on the Pakistani artistes inIndia in the aftermath of Uri at-tack, saying it is not justifiedthat actors alone have to bearthe brunt.Since the terror strike last

month, there has been a grow-ing demand for a ban onPakistani artistes, withMaharashtra NavnirmanSena even issuing an ultima-tum to them to leave India andIndian Motion PictureProducers Association (IMP-PA) passing a motion to banartistes from across the borderfrom working in the industry.

Recently, Cinema Owners andExhibitors Association ofIndia announced it won't re-lease films featuring Pakistaniartistes in four states--Maharashtra, Goa, Karnatakaand Gujarat.When asked about her

opinion on the debate,Priyanka said, "It's tricky be-cause first of all artists and ac-tors are always held responsi-ble for every bigger politicalagenda that happens in ourcountry. Why are only we re-flecting it? Why not business-es, why not doctors, why nopoliticians why not anyoneelse except for public peoplewhich are actors, movie indus-try... "Second, I'm extremelypatriotic. So, whatever my

government decide to keep thecounry safe I go with that butat the same time I believe thatartists are not representationof, at least not yet, there has notbeen an actor who has donesomething to harm someone'slife," Priyanka told NDTV. The34-year-old actress said whyare people picking on actors in-stead of fighting the real cul-prits. "For an artist, their workis their religion. One cannothold an artist responsible fortheir religion. Why are we notpicking on someone who haveactively done somethingwrong?" She added that thefamilies of Indian soldiers donot care about actor of whichnationality comes and workshere and they are concerned

about the safety of their sonsand the rest of the country so,this should be highlightedrather than the debate onPakistani artistes. "(Familiesof Indian soldiers) are not con-cerned about who is coming in-to the country, doing a movie...and going away. They are con-cerned about keeping rest oftheir sons and rest of their sol-diers safe and that needs to beour focus. "We always lose ourfocus because that makesnoise. Because people talkabout it. Because the mediacarries it. Because the presswrites about it. This is not at allan issue. This is entertain-ment. This is business. Peoplebuy ticket, watch a movie forthree hours and come away.

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A group of privateschools in Pakistan owned byformer foreign ministerKhurshid Mahmood Kasurihas banned Punjabi withinand outside the campus afterterming it a "foul language",drawing flak from millions ofpeople. The BeaconhouseSchool System (BSS) has re-cently issued a notification toparents, declaring Punjabi a'foul language' for the chil-dren as well as parents."Foul language is not al-

lowed within and outside theschool premises, in the morn-ing, during the school hours,and after home time," thefifth point of the notificationreads. The notice explainsthe definition of 'foul lan-guage' as, "Foul language in-cludes taunts, abuses,Punjabi and the hate speech".A number of parents, promi-nent Punjabi language ac-tivists and literary organisa-tions have demanded theschool administration to im-mediately withdraw the noti-fication and tender apologyto those having Punjabi theirmother language. Punjabischolar and columnistMushtaq Soofi said he hadseen the notification on so-

cial media and found it "dis-gracing to millions ofPunjabis who are living inPakistan and Indian Punjaband also the Punjabi diaspo-ra living across the globe".Professor Dr Saeed Bhutta ofthe Punjab University'sOriental College said, "ThePunjabi language has an age-old history starting off fromBaba Farid to Khwaja Farid.The school administration'sstep is a disgrace and igno-rance of a certain class to-wards Punjabi heritage"."Speaking the mother

language is a guaranteed con-stitutional right. The 1973Constitution allows the feder-ating units to impart formalprimary learning in mothertongue," Bhutta said. Someparents said the governmentshould take notice of 'de-meaning a language whichhas been used by the saintsover the last many centuries'."This means that our chil-dren should not speak to theirgrandparents only becausetheir language is Punjabi,"says Haleema whose daugh-ter is studying in Grade-II inBeacon House School inLahore. Owned by Kasuri,BSS is a group of private aca-demic institutions located in30 cities in Pakistan.

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Underlining the need ofensuring hassle-free avail-ability of cooking gas forevery household, Minister forFood, Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs,Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali saidthe Coalition Governmentwill open new LPG outletsevery 15-20 km across theState. The Minister said theGovernment will also provideeight lakh free LPG connec-tions to Below Poverty Linewomen till the end of 2018,

with one lakh connections tobe given out within thismonth. The Minister was ad-dressing a mammoth gather-ing during the launch ofPrime Minister UjjwalaYogna (PMUY) in presence ofMinister for Forest, Ecologyand Environment,Choudhary Lal Singh,Minister for Animal andSheep Husbandry andFisheries, Abdul GhaniKohli, Deputy ChairmanLegislative Council, JahangirMir, Member of Parliament,Jugal Kishore Sharma, MLA

Rajouri Qammer Choudhary,MLA Nowshera RavinderRaina and MLC VibodhGupta. Highlighting the im-portance of the scheme,Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali said ithas been designed for the wel-fare of poor people across thecountry for whom having anLPG connection at theirhomes remains a dream.The Minister said the

PMUY will benefit the poor,especially the rural women,"Providing LPG connectionsto BPL households will en-sure universal coverage ofcooking gas for empoweringrural women whose health re-mains at risk due to tradition-al ways of cooking which is al-so time-consuming," he said.Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali saidthe PMUY is a new ray of hopefor replacing centuries-oldtradition of using unclean fu-el for cooking purposes. Hesaid the State Governmentwill address non-availabilityof LPG with this scheme with

eight lakh free connectionsbeing given to BPL women ofJammu and Kashmir till theend of 2018. Announcing theopening of new LPG outlets af-ter every 15-20 kilometers inthe state, Chowdhary ZulfkarAli said the Governmentwants to provide clean fuel forcooking at the door steps. Hesaid the target has been fixedto provide 100 percent popula-tion with LPG connections."We are working to open newoutlets and soon these willstart operating, " the Ministersaid. The Minister saidDistrict Ramban has 17 per-cent coverage of LPG, one ofthe lowest LPG connectivityin the country which was fol-lowed by Rajouri and Poonchareas. "But our Governmentis working to provide 100 per-cent connectivity. There hasbeen six percent growth in theLPG connectivity in Jammuand Kashmir which is testi-mony of the Government's vi-sion towards providing clean

fuel to public for avoidinghealth hazards," he said.Making commitment of

providing LPG connection toevery household in the State,Minister Abdul Ghani Kohlisaid that in next two years, nohome in Jammu and Kashmirwould be without LPG con-nection. "The cooking gas con-nection will not only help re-duce economic cost on eachfamily but it will also help bet-ter healthcare of ruralwomen,” he said. Speaking onthe occasion, the Minister LalSingh said the initiative, inline with creating smokelessvillages across the country,has come as a moment of pridefor the women in BPL house-holds. "Now our poor mothersand sisters will lead a smoke-free, less polluted, convenientand healthy life. The launch ofthis scheme will not only facil-itate the rural people withclean fuel supply but will alsoreduce burden on the forestthereby enhancing the green

cover”, he said.The adminis-tration has identified 7923 and7945 cases who will get freeLPG connections in Poonchand Rajouri districts respec-tively. On the occasion, atleast 2200 impoverishedwomen beneficiaries wereprovided free LPG connec-tions. The Minister also hand-ed over cheque of Rs 16 lakhprovided by the concerned oilcompany to the victim of LPGcylinder blast in Surankotelast year. Director Departmentof Food, Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs Jammu GSChib, Deputy CommissionerRajouri Shabir Ahmed Bhat,Additional DistrictDevelopment CommissionerRajouri A.S.Chib JointDirector FCS&CA JammuMansoor Aslam, JointController Legal MetrologyVS Sambyal and officers ofHindustan Petroleum, IndianOil Corporation and BPCLwere also present on the occa-sion.

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India, Russia agree tobuild world’s costliest gaspipeline worth $ 25 billion

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Unfair to target artistes: Priyanka on ban on Pakistani actors

Personal laws must be constitutionallycompliant: Jaitley on triple talaq

Give present Govt time, space todeliver: Dr Drabu to people

6-Day 'All India Painters Camp'inaugurated at Patnitop


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